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Re:A Bad Trip to Infinity by haneul on Sunday March 26, 2023 @02:43AM (#35311736)
Nono. F(n) where n is the number of steps, not the desired number. You’ve got it backwards. The number is the output, not the input.
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Re:A Bad Trip to Infinity by nico on Sunday March 26, 2023 @10:18AM (#35314702)
N was the number of steps, but sure:

F(x)=x, will give you x in one step.

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