Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiply-with-carry
>
> "The period of a lag-r MWC generator is the order of b in the
> multiplicative group of numbers modulo ab^r − 1."
>
> So, if A = 4,294,967,118 and B = 2^32 and R = 4 then... what's the
> period of the generator??
>
> AB^4 - 1 is 1461501576760641606276638336235602896801190903807.
>
....

Hey, now that IS a coincidence...
One quindecillion, four hundred sixty-one quattuordecillion, five hundred one
tredecillion, seven hundred sixty duodecillion, six hundred forty-one
undecillion, six hundred six decillion, two hundred seventy-six nonillion, six
hundred thirty-eight octillion, three hundred thirty-six sextillion, two hundred
thirty-five quintillion, six hundred two quadrillion, eight hundred ninety-six
trillion, eight hundred one billion, one hundred ninety million, nine hundred
three thousand, eight hundred seven is my lucky number!

Perhaps this explains why I have good luck rather infrequently.  ;-)


Best Regards,
Mike C.

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