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Collection of bugs and Feedback regarding the abc triple search on https://abc.tngtech.com
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What is the definition of rad(a) and rad(b)? #8

Open Einyen1 opened 3 years ago

Einyen1 commented 3 years ago

The radical is supposed to be an integer or are you using a different definition?

If not then: Finding intervals for 399 ≦ rad(a) < 400, 407 ≦ rad(b) < 408 Should be: Finding intervals for rad(a) = 399, rad(b) = 407

deltapi commented 3 years ago

I am not completely sure what you are referring to, yes sure the intervall should be in integer bounds, but it is for your case, isn't it? Can you be a little more specific regading the issue you are facing?

Einyen1 commented 3 years ago

Sorry, it is not really an issue, I just thought it is confusing or misleading to write n ≦ rad(a) < n+1 when rad(a) is an integer, and I assumed the interval handed out is always 1 but maybe sometimes the interval is larger?

deltapi commented 3 years ago

Oh, in that case you are completely right. We were experimenting with different interval sizes and concluded that a step of two (i.e. a diff of one) is just enough to keep people interested. Sorry for the confusion.

deltapi commented 3 years ago

Re-reading your question, I think I finally got it. You are referring to the intervalls being displayed as intervalls of size one, correct? In this case, we have a bug in the display, as the intervalls are actually of size two. I will fix that.

Einyen1 commented 3 years ago

Thanks, I had no idea the size was actually 2 and the display is wrong :) My main concern was that since the interval was 1, it made it look like rad(a) and rad(b) were real numbers, since it is a somewhat cumbersome way of writing integers in an "interval" of 1.