[algogeeks] donald knuth ..

2006-02-02 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
Dear friends, I believe there is a separate group focussing on solving all the problems as given in donald knuths' AOCP. Please let me know if there is any such thing. regards, sudarshan

[algogeeks] Re: Hard mathematical function

2006-01-03 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
well thats a theoretical result.. "Primes is in P" its not of any practical significance atleast as of today. anyone interested in cryptography here? please let me know. regards, sudarshan - Original Message - From: "Peyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Algorithm Geeks" Sent: Monday, J

[algogeeks] Re: URGENT QUESTION!!!!!!!!!

2005-12-30 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
there is this very nice yahoogroup called theory-edge http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theory-edge You can try your hands there... that would be more an approriate group to post this kinda questions. best, sudarshan - Original Message - From: "Protoman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Algo

[algogeeks] Re: how to find Previous Prime number?

2005-11-30 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
.iitk.ac.in/users/manindra/primality_original.pdf Also read the last paragraph on this link: http://www.guajara.com/wiki/en/wikipedia/c/co/co_np.html -Dhyanesh On 11/30/05, SUDARSHAN IYENGAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > factoring is an np complete problem. No change of having a sim

[algogeeks] Re: how to find Previous Prime number?

2005-11-29 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
ve there is an N^12 algorithm for integer factorization ... so it isnt all that hard i think ... On 11/29/05, SUDARSHAN IYENGAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > primality testing is a very very very tough topic to discuss... > > > There is no single algorithm for primality test

[algogeeks] Re: how to find Previous Prime number?

2005-11-29 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
ous Prime number? thanks for the info but i am looking into the logic of finding the previous prime number... On 11/29/05, SUDARSHAN IYENGAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hey well... you must have a look at this package "pari gp" > > try googling and you can d

[algogeeks] Re: how to find Previous Prime number?

2005-11-29 Thread SUDARSHAN IYENGAR
hey well... you must have a look at this package "pari gp" try googling and you can download this package, its very small and is the best of its kind available till date... You can also get the code for the same... -Sudarshan - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Algorith