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  2. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    A modification of Lagged-Fibonacci generators. A SWB generator is the basis for the RANLUX generator, [19] widely used e.g. for particle physics simulations. Maximally periodic reciprocals: 1992 R. A. J. Matthews [20] A method with roots in number theory, although never used in practical applications. KISS: 1993 G. Marsaglia [21]

  3. Counter-based random number generator - Wikipedia

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    We can think of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) as a function that transforms a series of bits known as the state into a new state and a random number. That is, given a PRNG function and an initial state s t a t e 0 {\displaystyle \mathrm {state} _{0}} , we can repeatedly use the PRNG to generate a sequence of states and random numbers.

  4. Multiply-with-carry pseudorandom number generator - Wikipedia

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    In such a case, for b= 2 32 and r = 1, the period will be ab r /2 − 1, approaching 2 63, which in practice may be an acceptably large subset of the number of possible 32-bit pairs (x, c). More specifically, in such a case, the order of any element divides p − 1, and there are only four possible divisors: 1, 2, ab r /2 − 1, or ab r − 2.

  5. Random number generation - Wikipedia

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    Dice are an example of a mechanical hardware random number generator. When a cubical die is rolled, a random number from 1 to 6 is obtained. Random number generation is a process by which, often by means of a random number generator (RNG), a sequence of numbers or symbols is generated that cannot be reasonably predicted better than by random chance.

  6. Lehmer random number generator - Wikipedia

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    The generator computes an odd 128-bit value and returns its upper 64 bits. This generator passes BigCrush from TestU01, but fails the TMFn test from PractRand. That test has been designed to catch exactly the defect of this type of generator: since the modulus is a power of 2, the period of the lowest bit in the output is only 2 62, rather than ...

  7. Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator

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    When the maximum number of bits output from this PRNG is equal to the 2 blocksize, the resulting output delivers the mathematically expected security level that the key size would be expected to generate, but the output is shown to not be indistinguishable from a true random number generator. [24] When the maximum number of bits output from ...

  8. 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.

  9. Hardware random number generator - Wikipedia

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    A USB-pluggable hardware true random number generator. In computing, a hardware random number generator (HRNG), true random number generator (TRNG), non-deterministic random bit generator (NRBG), [1] or physical random number generator [2] [3] is a device that generates random numbers from a physical process capable of producing entropy (in other words, the device always has access to a ...