Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #551

1999-05-06 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
Second reply to the same message... On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 11:22:02AM -0700, Mersenne Digest wrote: Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 10:44:16 -0600 From: "Blosser, Jeremy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mersenne: JavaPrime update... (Lotsa Questions) b) Would it be more optimal to use a properly sized FFT

Mersenne: Re: Mersenne Digest V1 #551

1999-05-05 Thread Steinar H . Gunderson
On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 11:22:02AM -0700, Mersenne Digest wrote: Also, I'm wondering if any pattern begins to occur in the N=N^2-2 % 2^P-1 sequence... Do you think N ever repeats itself? Has anyone checked this? I checked it some years ago. It doesn't seem to. (But Mandelbrot fractals do, that's