Raul Miller wrote:
> I have not read this thread closely enough to know if someone has come
> up with a way of doing this for composite numbers, but since my answer
> agrees with Geoff Canyon's for this specific example, I declare our answer
> "correct".

I agree.

> Note that I "have to" use [: i. <[EMAIL PROTECTED] because i.@<[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED] is not equivalent,
> even
> for scalar arguments.  (Try this next example both ways to see what I
> mean.)

I get the same result in both cases.

   5 ([: +/ ] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] [ ^ 1 + [: i. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 
1000000000000x
249999999997
    5 ([: +/ ] <[EMAIL PROTECTED] [ ^ 1 + i.@<[EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1000000000000x
249999999997

Am I missing something?

Best wishes,

John


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