On 10 Sep 2001, at 14:47, Gareth Randall wrote:
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> What is the entropic efficiency of our calculations?
Um. We're not even gaining information in the strict (information
theory) sense, since all Mersenne primes existed long before
anyone formulated the concept - yet we are certainly raising t
What is the entropic efficiency of our calculations?
Is it possible to say how much "work" must be performed in order to verify whether a
number is prime? If it is, then how efficient are our methods in comparison? For
instance, can it be shown that there is theoretically a better method, but
