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Thus a wheel-breaking run on Colossus is merely a means of

It is necessary at this time to describe the decibanning of a

Let: r = total number of values of Delta-Z ipj looked at in converging

one given character of the unknown wheel.


r/2 + x/2 = number of dots counted.

r/2 - x/2 = number of crosses counted.

x = excess of dots over crosses.

Now the factor that the wheel was originally a dot in the

It is impossible to evaluate this for each character each time;

R + X
R - X

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