Re: random numbers?
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- Subject: [mg46237] Re: random numbers?
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:16:02 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi, read volume II of "The Art of Computer Programming" by Donald Knuth and solve all exerciese with level lower than 60 .. Regards Jens sean kim wrote: > > hello group. > > this is gonna sound silly. > > How do ppl make random number generators? is a random number > generator like a routine that picks a given set of different number > then goes back to the beginning and starts over? > > How does mathematica determine if a numbder is random? or is that > even a right question to ask? > > I just wanted to know what the random generator is. and how it's used > in Mathematica. > > maybe i'm asking alot. > > thanks in advance