Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence

From	Axel Vogt <//noreply@axelvogt.de>
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Subject	Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence
Date	2017-10-20 21:13 +0200
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On 20.10.2017 13:15, Peter Luschny wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 18. Oktober 2017 15:59:46 UTC+2 schrieb G. A. Edgar:
>> Why is the default value 3?  Perhaps because in 1994, when gfun
>> was implemented, computers were much slower and had much less RAM.
> 
> I do understand that 23 years ago software was subject to other
> restrictions than today.
> 
> What I don't understand is that MapleSoft does not take this fact
> into account.
> 
>> It seems this is because I have installed the package
>> "algolib" from http://algo.inria.fr/libraries/ ... which includes
>> enhanced versions of the gfun library.
>> I looked there today to write this reply.  It seems the Algo team at
>> INRIA closed in 2007. But download of algolib is still possible.
> 
> In other words, I do not understand how carelessly and indifferently
> MapleSoft handles this valuable module. Seemingly they do not even use
> the latest version 10 years after the last update.
> 
> Thanks for hinting to "algolib"!
> 

http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/bruno.salvy/software/the-gfun-package/
for the standalone version of gfun, 3.76, July 2015

Concurrent Maple uses 3.20 (not sure why - copyright discussions?)

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Maple can't find linear recurrence Peter Luschny <peter.luschny@gmail.com> - 2017-10-09 08:20 -0700
  Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> - 2017-10-12 04:33 -0600
    Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence Thomas Richard <trichard@maplesoft.com> - 2017-10-13 00:14 -0700
      Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence Peter Luschny <peter.luschny@gmail.com> - 2017-10-17 12:42 -0700
        Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence "G. A. Edgar" <edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid> - 2017-10-18 07:59 -0600
          Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence Peter Luschny <peter.luschny@gmail.com> - 2017-10-20 04:15 -0700
            Re: Maple can't find linear recurrence Axel Vogt <//noreply@axelvogt.de> - 2017-10-20 21:13 +0200

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