On Thursday 14 December 2006 15:50, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 02:44:54PM +0000, Brian Beesley wrote:
> > Also, the "special features" of the transform used for the L-L test give
> > us the "subtract 2" part of the L-L algorithm for free; this may
> > interfere in some way with the exact equality mentioned in the basic
> > theory.
>
> What? This is new to me. How does that happen? (I assume this isn't a typo
> for the modulo part?)

Ok... (1) I did write "may" rather than "does"; (2) where is the -2 done? (3) 
the modulo operation may have an effect too.

Though thinking about it I can see how the -2 can be done easily enough whilst 
in "real space" between iterations.

Sorry for any confusion.

Regards
Brian Beesley
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