Transformations(was: parity of...)

[N. J. A. Sloane]

But that is more or less what superseeker does!
(send an empty message to superseeker at research.att.com to get
instructions)

You have to send each sequence separately - but it does try very hard
to identify a sequence.

Neil Sloane
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>>jeremy.gardiner at btinternet.com wrote:
>>>.....
>>>Of course parity is not the only way to categorise integer sequences 
>>>but it is an important property.
>>
>>>Perhaps other people have a view on this?
>>
>>I have been wondering if in the not-too-distant future the Encyclopedia 
>>will have some high-powered software which will compare inputted 
>>sequences with a variety of transformations on sequences already in the 
>>database (such as the terms of a sequence plus one, or the terms of two 
>>sequences added, etc, etc, etc...).
>>
>>The more transformations tried, of course, the slower any look-up will 
>>be. But this could GREATLY increase the possibility of any sequence a 
>>user of the Encyclopedia inputs being identified.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Leroy Quet
>>