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List:       netbsd-tech-userlevel
Subject:    Re: silly behavior of factor(6)
From:       David Holland <dholland-tech () NetBSD ! org>
Date:       2010-05-15 20:15:48
Message-ID: 20100515201548.GB23579 () netbsd ! org
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On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 03:58:32PM -0400, Christopher Berardi wrote:
 > > Specifically, I see four criteria:
 > > 
 > >    1. The numbers printed, when multiplied together, should equal the
 > >       input number.
 > >    2. The numbers printed should be uniquely determined.
 > >    3. The numbers printed should be prime except for special cases.
 > >    4. The numbers printed should be prime in the strictest sense.
 > 
 > Perhaps I missed something in your analysis, but it seems like
 > criterion 3 and 4 are somewhat mutually exclusive. For how can
 > criterion 3 allow special cases if those special cases would then
 > violate criterion 4?

Criterion 4 can be read as "there are no special cases"?

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David A. Holland
dholland@netbsd.org
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