Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Includes index

Includes bibliography (p. 535-561) and references

Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for The encyclopedia of integer sequences / N.J.A. Sloane, Simon Plouffe. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. Description of the Book: Description of a Typical Entry. Arrangement of a Table. Number of Terms Given. References. What Sequences are Included? The Figures. How to Handle a Strange Sequence: How to See if a Sequence Is in the Table. If the Sequence is Not in the Table. Finding the Next Term. Recurrences and Generating Functions. Analysis of Differences. Other Methods for Hand Analysis. Transformations of Sequences. Methods for Computer Investigation of Sequences. The On-line Versions of the Encyclopedia. The Floppy Disk. Further Topics: Applications. History. Differences from the 1973 Book. Future Plans. Acknowledgments. The Table of Sequences. Bibliography. Index. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Sequences (Mathematics)Numbers, Natural.

The encyclopedia of integer sequences contains more than 5,000 integer sequences, arranged for easy reference, with more than half never before been catalogued. In addition to having more than double the material of Sloane's A Handbook of Integer Sequences, this encyclopedia gives the name, mathematical description, and citations to literature for each sequence. It includes essays on origins, uses, and connections, with interesting diagrams or illustrations. More than a table, this is an introduction to the field, showing readers how to identify and work with sequences. It includes an extensive bibliography of current and classical references. An index to all the sequences in the book is also available separately on disk in Macintosh and IBM formats.