function step = hammersley_step_get ( dummy )

%% HAMMERSLEY_STEP_GET gets the "step" of the leaped Hammersley subsequence.
%
%  Licensing:
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%    This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
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%  Modified:
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%    18 July 2004
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%  Author:
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%    John Burkardt
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%  Parameters:
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%    Input, DUMMY, is a dummy argument to be deleted once I
%    figure out how to convince MATLAB to allow me to declare
%    a function with no arguments, but whose invocation can
%    include parentheses!
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%    Output, integer STEP, the step of the leaped Hammersley subsequence.
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  global hammersley_STEP
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  step = hammersley_STEP;