On 9/8/08, andre maute <andre.maute at gmx.de> wrote:
> wouldn't it be nice to optionally ship a version
> of sloane's integer sequences with maxima?
It makes sense to me to include in Maxima an interface to
a local copy of the archive or the web site if there is no local
archive.
The database format seems to be pretty simple so I think it
should be straightforward to create an interface, in Lisp or
maybe even in Maxima.
> The sequences are available in two gzip archives (12 megs).
>From the description at their web site
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/Seis.html
the 12 M of gzipped stuff comprises only the sequences
and their names and identification tags, so I guess the
complete database with all the ancillary information is much
larger.
I think even the 12 M abbreviated database is too large to package
in Maxima. The abbreviated and complete databases should be
separate packages, I'm pretty sure.
best
Robert Dodier