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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> | |||
Revision as of 19:56, 2 August 2008
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]
- ↑ Knuth, Donald (3rd Edition, 1998), Chapter III, Random Numbers, The Art of Computer Programming, Volume II: Seminumerical Algorithms, Addison-Wesley