[seqfan] Re: Excessive b-file, perhaps?

[Charles Greathouse]

10,000 terms is a good limit for most sequences, and most easy sequences
should probably only have 1000. But there are situations when it is
appropriate to have more.

Tony's 99.9% figure seems about right to me. Certainly I wouldn't want
large b-files submitted without some special reason.

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:45 AM, T. D. Noe <noe at sspectra.com> wrote:

> I'm in favor of the 10K limit.  For 99.9% of sequences, nothing new happens
> beyond 10K.  Very few people argue for more than 10K terms.  More terms
> actually obliterate the view.  I say create a GIF file of 10^5 or 10^6
> terms and post that -- which I have done for some sequences.
>
> I will continue to press for 10K terms.  If you tell people that 10K is the
> limit for most sequences, they understand.  If someone want to carp, send
> them to me.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tony
>
>
>
> At 9:15 PM -0500 11/14/12, Neil Sloane wrote:
> >I think 200K terms are ok for that sequence. It is interesting
> >enough to justify them. In fact I probably asked Hugo to
> >supply them. The b-file downloads instantly for me.
> >
> >There has been too much carping about b-files recently. For
> >basic sequences or others of great interest there is no reason not to have
> >larger b-files than 10K terms.
> >
> >Neil
> >
> >On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 9:06 PM, David Wilson <davidwwilson at comcast.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Perhaps A000959 has an unduly large b-file (200K terms).  It bogs the
> >> graph, and even downloading the b-file is noticeably slower than
> >> instantaneous.
> >>
> >> I don't mind having the file around, but aren't 10K terms sufficient
> for a
> >> b-file?
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