Pankaj Agrrawal

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What's the best algorithm to check if a number is prime (primality test)?

Trial division: To test if n is prime, one can check for every k≤ sqrt (n) if k divides n. If no divisor is found, then n is prime. Or 6k+/-1

10 October 2015 8,373 8 View

Will the results of an ordinal logit model be different from OLS regression, with discrete dependent variables?

Say the Y variable is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and Xs are continuous. Would performing OLS be an issue? Can it be set up as an ordinal logit? Is there any software that specializes in the former?

10 October 2013 3,803 5 View