NUMBER THEORY IN SPLICING OF CABLES 



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TABLE I 



For each N there is listed the value d and a value 5 for which the companion relations 



i^ s ± 1 (mod N) s^ ^ ±1 (mod N),b <d 



determine the largest possible integer d. 



The asterisk indicates a prime number. 



For the benefit of the practical worker there must be described a 

 slight deviation from the second simplifying restriction imposed at the 

 beginning which will permit the maximum possibility to be realized if 

 N is one plus a prime number. This artifice is based upon the fact 



