maximum range for rational computation



sen1 at math.msu.edu wrote:
> Anyone know the ranges of rational numbers (maximum and minimum) for
> which maxima can do exact arithmetic?

I'm pretty sure you're only limited to the amount of memory available to 
you for the lisp you are using.  I vaguely recall someone calculating 
140000! or so.

Note that printing such numbers can consume far more memory than the 
number itself.

Ray