Re: Random Number Generator of large period
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- Subject: [mg3422] Re: [mg3335] Random Number Generator of large period
- From: "Richard L. Bowman" <rbowman at Bridgewater.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 01:46:43 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
On Wed, 28 Feb 1996 ross at mpce.mq.edu.au wrote: > Does anyone know of the whereabout of (code for) > a Random-Number Generator (Linear-Congruential or otherwise) > that produces output ``uniformally distributed'' > amongst at least 2^96 objects? > > [stuff deleted] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ross Moore Internet: ross at mpce.mq.edu.au > Mathematics Department Work: +61 2 850-8955 > Macquarie University Home: please do not try > North Ryde, Sydney Fax: +61 2 850-8114 > Australia 2109 http://www.mpce.mq.edu.au/~ross/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > You might find my article illustrating using Mathematica for evaluating random number generators in R. L. Bowman, "Evaluating Pseudo-random Number Generators," Computers and Graphics, 19, 315-324 (1995). If you cannot readily find the journal, contact me. I have a few copies and could send one your way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Richard L. Bowman Dept. of Physics e-mail: rbowman at bridgewater.edu Bridgewater College phone: 540-828-5441 Bridgewater, VA 22812 FAX: 540-828-5479 "http://www.bridgewater.edu/departments/physics/bowman/homepage.html"; ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====