Re: greatest common divisor

[Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>]

Achim Gaedke writes:
 > I think, it is worth to have an own section in gsl. In deed some of 
 > these algorithms are pretty easy, but it is always better to implement 
 > them once. Sometimes there are trivial pitfalls, these could be avoided.
 > How many people have written a function that counts the bits set in a 
 > given integer???  

What are the applications of this function?

-- 
Brian Gough