At 06:05 PM 11/27/2002 +0000, Daran wrote:
> if (D <= 180) E = 2;
> else if (D <= 420) E = 4;
> else if (D <= 2310) E = 12;
> else if (D <= 6930) E = 30;
> else E = 48;
>
I understand why it chooses the values of D that it does, but why these
values of E? I understand why E must be even, and that higher powers ought
to be highly composite, but wouldn't 6 be a good intermediate value? 24?
60 for the top end?
No good reason. As far as I know, there haven't been any studies on the
best values to choose for E.
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