squash@math.ufl.edu (Jonathan King) (01/10/91)
Perhaps someone with experience with a computer algebra system can help me. I am working on a combinatorial conjecture and am writing Lisp code to compute it. As a sub-step, the Lisp produces two lists of values on which I would like to be able call a Maple routine to do: Interpret these lists as coefficient and exponents of two large polynomials, compute then simplify their ratio, and finally pass back to Lisp the resulting rational function as a list of coefficients/exponents. Is there a standard, easy way to do this? Can this be done by having Lisp write a file, invoking Maple, and having Maple read the file? Or (less desirable) can I have Maple call Lisp? Please followup either by email (squash@math.ufl.edu) or to comp.unix.wizards Thank you. Jonathan PS> I prefer Maple since we have a site license for it. If the task is significantly easier for Macsyma or Mathematica, I can legally use such -but on a remote machine. PPS> I am not knowledgeable about any of the computer algebra systems and am learning a little Maple expressly for the purpose of the above task.