Re: [Cfrg] How rigid is rigid enough?

David Leon Gil <coruus@gmail.com> Sat, 10 January 2015 07:29 UTC

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On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:49 PM, David Leon Gil <coruus@gmail.com> wrote:
>     2^389 - 21    == 3 mod 4   C389 (wl)

And, to correct the record: 2^389 - 21 should be attributed to Watson
Ladd. Robert Ransom has been perhaps its most vocal critic. (As he has
noted, it would be painful to implement.)