Re: Random Geometric (long)
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- Subject: [mg23466] Re: [mg23340] Random Geometric (long)
- From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl at wolfram.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:54:15 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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> ...Regarding the implementation of Random-CA i have one question: > > Why do you use > > ((Random[Integer,2^30-1]/2^30.)+ > Random[Integer,2^30-1])/2^30. > > and not > > (Random[Integer, 2^30 - 1]/2^30.) > [...] The latter will only generate 30 bits and machine double precision numbers (which are what Random[] produces) have 53 bits of mantissa. So we need a pair of the 30-bit entities in order to get enough bits for a double. Daniel Lichtblau Wolfram Research