% pollard.tex % % Visualization of the pseudo-random sequence used in Pollard's rho algorithm % % Author: Peter Schwabe % Public Domain \begin{pspicture}(-4,-3)(3,3) \rput(-3,-3){\rnode{X0}{$\bullet$}} \rput(-2.5,-2){\rnode{X1}{$\bullet$}} \rput(-2,-1){\rnode{X2}{$\bullet$}} \rput(-1.5,0){\rnode{X3}{$\bullet$}} \rput(-0.5607,1.0607){\rnode{Xt}{$\bullet$}} \rput(0.5,1.5){\rnode{Xt1}{$\bullet$}} \rput(2,0){\rnode{Xt2}{$\bullet$}} \rput(0.5,-1.5){\rnode{Xts2}{$\bullet$}} \rput(-1,0){\rnode{Xts1}{$\bullet$}} \ncline[linestyle=solid]{X0}{X1} \ncline[linestyle=solid]{X1}{X2} \ncline[linestyle=dashed,dash=2pt 2pt]{X2}{X3} \ncarc[linestyle=solid]{X3}{Xt} \ncarc[linestyle=solid,arcangle=22.5]{Xt}{Xt1} \ncarc[linestyle=solid,arcangle=45]{Xt1}{Xt2} \ncarc[linestyle=dashed,dash=2pt 2pt,arcangle=45]{Xt2}{Xts2} \ncarc[linestyle=solid,arcangle=45]{Xts2}{Xts1} \ncarc[linestyle=solid,arcangle=22.5]{Xts1}{Xt} \rput(-3.4,-3){$X_0$} \rput(-2.9,-2){$X_1$} \rput(-2.4,-1){$X_2$} \rput(-2,0){$X_{t-1}$} \rput(-0.8607,1.1607){$X_t$} \rput(0.5,1.8){$X_{t+1}$} \rput(2.4,0){$X_{t+2}$} \rput(0.5,-1.8){$X_{t+s-2}$} \rput(-0.3,0){$X_{t+s-1}$} \rput(-0.0607,0.9607){$X_{t+s}$} \end{pspicture}