Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!cfisun!palladium!jjw From: jjw@palladium.UUCP (John J. Wallace) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: mathematical tricks Keywords: CACM Message-ID: <547@palladium.UUCP> Date: 27 Jul 88 03:53:32 GMT Organization: Epoch Systems, Marlboro MA Lines: 12 A few years back, a professional computer journal published an article full of mathematical one-liners, such as "to round down to a power of two, do this," "to find the first one, do this," etc. I think this was Communications of the ACM around 1985, but I'm not sure, and I can't find it in *my* archives. Any help? When I find this, I will post it on my wall! -- John J. Wallace Epoch Systems, Inc., 313 Boston Post Rd. West, Marlborough, MA 01752 ...!linus!alliant!palladium!jjw -or- ...!harvard!cfisun!palladium!jjw (617)481-3717