User talk:Douglas Wilhelm Harder

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The questioned bound was $O(e^{\sqrt {8\ln(5/2)\ln N}})$. How can its limit be zero? I am reverting your change until you prove otherwise. MCiura (talk) 22:29, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Okay, there was an N missing. I think the correct formula is in Knuth. For the time being, you can see it in my paper at [1]. MCiura (talk) 11:28, 19 December 2011 (UTC)