Random Geometric
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- Subject: [mg23340] Random Geometric
- From: bernd at bio.vu.nl (Bernd Brandt)
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 02:59:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Dear All, With the random function, it is possible to take random numbers from a distribution. I tried the GeometricDistribution and found something `strange', i think. The Plot of the frequency of numbers shows a lower number for 23: tg = Table[Random[GeometricDistribution[0.1]], {i, 1, 10000}]; Table[{i, Count[tg, i]}, {i, 21, 24}] {{21, 95}, {22, 98}, {23, 48}, {24, 93}} {{21, 1102}, {22, 1015}, {23, 540}, {24, 877} for 100.000 Random numbers. Is this indeed something strange for a Random generator? It still occurs with more Random numbers, and remains with repeated evaluation of the input cell (the counts change, but 23 remains much lower). Regards, Bernd
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