Re: Random Function in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg29262] Re: Random Function in Mathematica
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 03:08:50 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, The Appendix 9 of "The Book" say "Random uses the Wolfram rule 30 cellular automaton generator for integers." Regards Jens Nicholas Angelo Gross wrote: > > Hello, > I would like to know what RNG algorithm is used by the Mathematica > function Random. Anyone have any clue as to how good it is and what > tests it passes or fails? > > Thanks > > Nick Gross