Re: Mersenne: subtracting 2: error in FAQ

1999-07-18 Thread Henrik Olsen
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Lucas Wiman wrote: All, I recieved a message pointing out a possible error in my FAQ: Speaking of Q2.6, I've heard that with Crandall's DWT, the subtraction 2 step costs nothing at all. It's done automatically within the transformation. Try checking this with

Re: Mersenne: subtracting 2: error in FAQ (?)

1999-07-15 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
At 23:26 14.07.99 -0400, Lucas Wiman wrote: Speaking of Q2.6, I've heard that with Crandall's DWT, the subtraction 2 step costs nothing at all. It's done automatically within the transformation. Try checking this with George Woltman. Is this true? Not knowing for certain; I thought the DWT

Re: Mersenne: subtracting 2: error in FAQ (?)

1999-07-15 Thread Lucas Wiman
Speaking of Q2.6, I've heard that with Crandall's DWT, the subtraction 2 step costs nothing at all. It's done automatically within the transformation. Try checking this with George Woltman. Is this true? Not knowing for certain; I thought the DWT did the modulo for you, not the subtraction?

Mersenne: subtracting 2: error in FAQ

1999-07-14 Thread Lucas Wiman
All, I recieved a message pointing out a possible error in my FAQ: Speaking of Q2.6, I've heard that with Crandall's DWT, the subtraction 2 step costs nothing at all. It's done automatically within the transformation. Try checking this with George Woltman. Is this true? -Lucas