[seqfan] Re: Contributing sequences with holes and infinities

[Wayne VanWeerthuizen]

In my opinion, it would be nicer to have OEIS directly accept UNK
(unknown) and INF (infinity) as values. I don't know how time consuming
this would be to program, giving all the things OEIS and Superseeker do.
 Also, it could break other peoples' programs that use data downloaded
from OEIS. But ultimately, I think updating the software to have UNK and
INF as distinct allowable values would make sense and be useful.


On 6/17/2016 10:53 AM, Christian Stump wrote:
>> As long as our knowledge of a particular sequence is ad hoc, the solution
>> has to be ad hoc as well.
> 
> I think this is correct for sequences containing infinity, as these
> are strictly speaking not integer sequences. A principal proposal for
> placeholders of unknown values is the obvious "?" symbol. I agree that
> this might be hard to actually make happen for technical reasons and
> design decisions -- but I find that certainly better than not
> submitting a sequence at all due to several missing small values.
> 
> Cheers, Christian
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