• science, a pseudorandom generator for low-degree polynomials is an efficient procedure that maps a short truly random seed to a longer pseudorandom string...
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  • cryptography, a pseudorandom generator (PRG) for a class of statistical tests is a deterministic procedure that maps a random seed to a longer pseudorandom string...
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  • A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers...
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  • cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) or cryptographic pseudorandom number generator (CPRNG) is a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) with...
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  • A pseudorandom binary sequence (PRBS), pseudorandom binary code or pseudorandom bitstream is a binary sequence that, while generated with a deterministic...
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  • Lagged Fibonacci generator (LFG or sometimes LFib) is an example of a pseudorandom number generator. This class of random number generator is aimed at being...
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  • encryption schemes. Pseudorandom functions are not to be confused with pseudorandom generators (PRGs). The guarantee of a PRG is that a single output appears...
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    equation. The method represents one of the oldest and best-known pseudorandom number generator algorithms. The theory behind them is relatively easy to understand...
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    Inversive congruential generators are a type of nonlinear congruential pseudorandom number generator, which use the modular multiplicative inverse (if...
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  • search for polynomials of the shape xn + ax + b.[citation needed] Irreducible polynomials over finite fields are also useful for pseudorandom number generators...
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  • In cryptography, the shrinking generator is a form of pseudorandom number generator intended to be used in a stream cipher. It was published in Crypto...
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  • pseudorandom generators is related to the existence of one-way functions through a number of theorems, collectively referred to as the pseudorandom generator...
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  • Mersenne Twister (category Pseudorandom number generators)
    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)...
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  • In cryptography, a pseudorandom permutation (PRP) is a function that cannot be distinguished from a random permutation (that is, a permutation selected...
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  • for various cryptographic primitives in private key as well as public-key cryptography. Their result is the construction of an efficient pseudorandom...
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  • examples of maximal-length feedback polynomials (primitive polynomials) for shift-register lengths up to 24. The formalism for maximum-length LFSRs was developed...
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  • degrees of the three registers are relatively prime, the period of this generator is the product of the periods of the three registers. Thus the period...
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  • monic polynomial of small degree. Prime numbers are used in a number of applications such as hash table sizing, pseudorandom number generators and in...
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  • In cryptography, an alternating step generator (ASG) is a cryptographic pseudorandom number generator used in stream ciphers, based on three linear-feedback...
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  • However, for polynomials specifically, the study of root-finding algorithms belongs to computer algebra, since algebraic properties of polynomials are fundamental...
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  • Well equidistributed long-period linear (category Pseudorandom number generators)
    Well Equidistributed Long-period Linear (WELL) is a family of pseudorandom number generators developed in 2006 by François Panneton, Pierre L'Ecuyer, and...
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  • indistinguishability.: 108  Lecture 4 - Computational Indistinguishability, Pseudorandom Generators Goldreich, O. (2003). Foundations of cryptography. Cambridge, UK:...
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  • represented as coefficients of irreducible polynomials in a polynomial ring over Z/2Z. Practical applications for MLS include measuring impulse responses...
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  • strong pseudorandom number generators is conjectured by most experts of the field. Such generators could replace true random numbers in any polynomial-time...
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  • Complementary sequences (category Pseudorandom number generators)
    ^{2}=2N\,} for all z on the unit circle, that is, |z| = 1. If so, A and B form a Golay pair of polynomials. Examples include the Shapiro polynomials, which...
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  • self-shrinking generator is a pseudorandom generator that is based on the shrinking generator concept. Variants of the self-shrinking generator based on a...
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  • minimal polynomials are irreducible, all primitive polynomials are also irreducible. A primitive polynomial must have a non-zero constant term, for otherwise...
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  • Verifiable random function (category Pseudorandomness)
    In cryptography, a verifiable random function (VRF) is a public-key pseudorandom function that provides proofs that its outputs were calculated correctly...
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    Xorshift (category Pseudorandom number generators)
    Xorshift random number generators, also called shift-register generators, are a class of pseudorandom number generators that were invented by George Marsaglia...
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  • Technology (NIST). 2019-05-23. "A Statistical Test Suite for Random and Pseudorandom Number Generators for Cryptographic Applications". National Institute of...
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