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{{Quotation|Anyone who considers arithmetical method of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin|John von Neumann (1951)}}
{{Quotation|Anyone who considers arithmetical method of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin|John von Neumann (1951)}}
One standard reference for pseudo-random generators is Knuth
<ref name=Knuth-II>{{citation
| first = Donald | last = Knuth
| title = The Art of Computer Programming, Volume II: Seminumerical Algorithms
| chapter = Chapter III, Random Numbers
| date = 3rd Edition, 1998 | publisher = Addison-Wesley}} </ref>

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Anyone who considers arithmetical method of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin — John von Neumann (1951)

One standard reference for pseudo-random generators is Knuth [1]

  1. Knuth, Donald (3rd Edition, 1998), Chapter III, Random Numbers, The Art of Computer Programming, Volume II: Seminumerical Algorithms, Addison-Wesley