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Hey Buff1!

Would you kindly do me a favor, and look inside your 750 pp. manual?

I think the algorithm is presented early on -- in a discussion of "looping techniques," I believe.

I'm kinda hoping you have the intuition to "turn right to" this algorithm,

BUT, in case you want to say, "Hey, I ...

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Thanks, Ralph! That is helpful! A whole version is now eliminated from the search, and search time is halved!

On the larger issue, though, it does make you wonder: how many mathematical gems are hidden in large manuals (or even small ones) ?

People who write these things are very verbose ...

Hi everyone.

I am way beyond QB 4.0, 4.5 -- to Visual Basic 6.0 in fact.

My interest is in the Reiman Hypothesis, and in prime numbers in general.

But a long time ago, circa 1983 - 1989, I remamber the QB 4.0 or 4.5 manual. I think it was from Microsoft, i'm not sure, but it was ROYAL BLUE, this ...