On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 11:18:16AM +0200, DSC Siltec wrote: > Now, define this function to be F, and define P to be the product of > a whole bunch of functions F. Now, define that a function F is to be > centered at any integer location where the value of the function is 1.
Consider the case of a 512-bit product of two 256-bit primes. In this case, your "whole bunch of functions" is going to have a cardinality (if I read your pseudo-Sieve of Erathostenes idea correctly) on the order of P * 2^128 (where P is the fraction of integers that are prime), or P * 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 functions F. Back to the drawing board, I would say. -Michael Robinson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]