new policy for acknowledging sources of programs
N. J. A. Sloane
njas at research.att.com
Sat Oct 25 01:26:36 CEST 2003
Dear SeFans
Bob Wilson asked me what the new policy is.
If someone sends in a Mma or Pari or Maple etc program
and if they are not the author of the sequence,
then I have started giving the source for the program.
Like this
%p A012345 f:=n->n^17 - n^3 + binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1); (from T. D. Noe)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
or, better,
%p A012345 f:=n->n^17 - n^3 + binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1); (from T. D. Noe, penson(AT)
lptl.jussieu.fr, Oct 01, 2004)
(unless the program is completely trivial). That's a fake example, by the way.
The reasons are to give credit for the work, and also
to tell who to notify if there is a problem
So if you are sending in a program, it would be helpful
if you could follow this format (either version).
Thanks
Neil
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