Re: Quick "Random[]" question
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- Subject: [mg41872] Re: [mg41831] Quick "Random[]" question
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:44:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Obviously if you were dealing with a genuine continuous phenomenon there would be no difference. The probability of obtaining 0 and 1 would be 0, and you would never see them (well, with probability 1, as they say). But as it is, note that: x=Random[]; In[39]:= x+10^-16==x True So you certainly have a finite probability of getting 0. (and 1.) although you would have to be pretty lucky (or unlucky) to actually do so. Andrzej Kozlowski Yokohama, Japan http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/ http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/ On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 10:51 pm, Jonathan Greenberg wrote: > Is it possible to get 0.0 and 1.0 from Random[] (e.g. is the x=Random[] > 0<=x<=1 or 0<x<1 ?) > > --j > > >