This software is provided "as is", without any gurantee made to its
suitability or fitness for any particular use. It may contain bugs so use
of this program is at your own risk. I take no responsibility for any
damage that may unintentionally be caused through its use.



y-cruncher - Euler's Constant to the eXtReMe

Version: 0.6.2 Build 9320 Alpha
Copyright 2008-2013 by Alexander J. Yee
E-mail: a-yee@u.northwestern.edu
Website: www.numberworld.org


Copyright:

You may use and distribute this ORIGINAL package free of charge for any
educational or non-commercial purpose.



y-cruncher, (y for gamma) is a number crunching program that can compute
various mathematical constants.
It was originally a small program specialized for computing the
Euler-Mascheroni Constant. (which uses gamma as its symbol, hence the name)
It has since gained the ability to compute other constants.

To all overclockers:
y-cruncher is a multi-threaded Pi-program that is written by a
computer-enthusiast (and college student) just like you. Enjoy :)



Special Thanks:

    Raymond Chan - Code tester and Hardware mentor
        My friend and roommate for Sophomore, Junior, and soon Senior years
        in college.

        He helped me build "Nagisa", the most awesome desktop computer at
        the time. ("http://www.numberworld.org/nagisa_runs/")

        Using Nagisa, we managed to crush 5 world record size computations
        for Log(2), Log(10), Zeta(3), Catalan's Constant, and the big one:
        the Euler-Mascheroni Constant.
        Because of this, every world record that is set using Nagisa will
        have Raymond's name attached to it too.


    Johnny Sun - Code tester and Overclocker
        My friend, dorm suitemate, computer-enthusiast, and hardware expert.

        He was one of the first people to notice that Raymond and I were
        building a computer... It was also around the same that the Nehalems
        were released, so he tried a little bragging with his new Core i7...

        Long story short... that didn't go too well for him...
        Can't blame him though... Nagisa was probably the last kind of
        computer you'd expect to find in a dorm room.

        With the second best computer in the dorm (Nagisa being the first),
        he helped me test a lot of 64-bit code. This was crucial because
        Nagisa was almost always "tied up" by a world-record sized
        computation that would often last for weeks.


    Colleen Lee - Math genius and Number-Theory expert
        One of my best friends from high-school and a gamer.
        Her math skills rank internationally...

        So naturally, she... well... makes me look stupid...

        As of right now, her contributions have not made their way into
        y-cruncher yet. But be assured that when they do, it's gonna be
        significant...


    Shigeru Kondo
        He is already well-known for years in digit-crunching. He has helped
        test beta versions of the program before they are released to the
        public.


    Microsoft
        The scholarship you gave me basically covers the cost of Nagisa!
        Afterall, I'm still just a poor college student...

        And yes, I promise I will continue to use Nagisa for 64-bit parallel
        programming... (that doesn't mean I'm not gonna game on it though...)




June 16, 2013
Alexander J. Yee
