Re: [K]rack this

Robert Harley (Robert.Harley@inria.fr)
Sat, 3 May 1997 14:16:53 +0200 (MET DST)


>For those who would rather contribute cycles to a "purer" mathematical
>pursuit, see:
>
>http://www.mersenne.org/

IMHO, a mathematical pursuit ought to involve proof rather than hand
waving of the "rounding errors in floating point arithmetic probably
don't cause unnoticed errors in our results" variety...

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