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  2. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    Default generator in R and the Python language starting from version 2.3. Xorshift: 2003 G. Marsaglia [26] It is a very fast sub-type of LFSR generators. Marsaglia also suggested as an improvement the xorwow generator, in which the output of a xorshift generator is added with a Weyl sequence.

  3. Middle-square method - Wikipedia

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    This process is then repeated to generate more numbers. The value of n must be even in order for the method to work – if the value of n is odd, then there will not necessarily be a uniquely defined "middle n-digits" to select from. Consider the following: If a 3-digit number is squared, it can yield a 6-digit number (e.g. 540 2 = 291600). If ...

  4. Strachey method for magic squares - Wikipedia

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    As a running example, we consider a 10×10 magic square, where we have divided the square into four quarters. The quarter A contains a magic square of numbers from 1 to 25, B a magic square of numbers from 26 to 50, C a magic square of numbers from 51 to 75, and D a magic square of numbers from 76 to 100.

  5. Linear congruential generator - Wikipedia

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    The second row is the same generator with a seed of 3, which produces a cycle of length 2. Using a = 4 and c = 1 (bottom row) gives a cycle length of 9 with any seed in [0, 8]. A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation.

  6. Mersenne Twister - Wikipedia

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    The Mersenne Twister is a general-purpose pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) developed in 1997 by Makoto Matsumoto (松本 眞) and Takuji Nishimura (西村 拓士). [1] [2] Its name derives from the choice of a Mersenne prime as its period length. The Mersenne Twister was designed specifically to rectify most of the flaws found in older PRNGs.

  7. Fortuna (PRNG) - Wikipedia

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    Fortuna is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CS-PRNG) devised by Bruce Schneier and Niels Ferguson and published in 2003. It is named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of chance. FreeBSD uses Fortuna for /dev/random and /dev/urandom is symbolically linked to it since FreeBSD 11. [1]

  8. Blum Blum Shub - Wikipedia

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    Blum Blum Shub takes the form + =, where M = pq is the product of two large primes p and q.At each step of the algorithm, some output is derived from x n+1; the output is commonly either the bit parity of x n+1 or one or more of the least significant bits of x n+1.

  9. Permuted congruential generator - Wikipedia

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    TestU01's BigCrush examines enough data to detect a period of 2 35, so even an ideal generator requires 36 bits of state to pass it. Some very poor generators can pass if given a large enough state; [ 8 ] passing despite a small state is a measure of an algorithm's quality, and shows how large a safety margin exists between that lower limit and ...