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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by MauranKilom on Friday November 27, 2020 @05:41AM (#25227445)
> they could get rid of it by bisecting on [1/n; n] instead of [0; n], as they already know that 1/n (and numbers lower than 1/n) isn't a valid candidate from the first step.

Did you mean [n/2; n]?

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Re:1.5 is the midpoint between 0 and infinity in Ruby by progval on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:56AM (#25228715)
Oops, yes, I did.
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