[107802] in Cypherpunks
oscillators generating all freq = noise generator
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Sun Jan 24 15:33:45 1999
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 19:15:31 +0100
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
At 08:27 PM 1/23/99 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
>One possible way to build it is via oscillators that generate all unit
>frequences from 2 to n-1. The run them through a some sort of tuned circuit
>that is tuned to n. Any signals that get through would be sub-harmonics of
n.
>This would demonstrate that n isn't prime. This might be done opticaly
>somehow.
This resembles the way RF people can use noise generators to measure
their equiptment. See, e.g., the Unusual Diode faq.
