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Reading the question it seems pretty clear to me they're interested primarily in the history: "Who invented this algorithm and tested the distribution? Is there
by jefftk 4y ago
Reading the question it seems pretty clear to me they're interested primarily in the history: "Who invented this algorithm and tested the distribution? Is there a paper or something to cite?"
- svat 4y agoYes that's what I thought too (which is why I found the complaint hard to understand until I thought of the alternative interpretation). But clearly at least the person I was replying to understood it differently, and it was also the top comment on this thread for a while at the time I posted my comment, so others may have thought the same too. Even at the question, on a comment on the answer the asker mentions "why these numbers are special" and comments about them being prime etc, so it's possible they didn't have a clear idea what they wanted either.