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Re:Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. by onewland on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @02:40PM (#2557355)
Why k > 2? k > 1 is bad enough. Otherwise, recursive fib(n) would be just fine (O(~1.618^n)).
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Re:Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. by Retric on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @08:22AM (#2559859)
Because 1.00000000000001 ^ N is not bad for most values of N that you will actually use.
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