computer science, the middle-square method is a method of generating pseudorandom numbers. In practice it is a highly flawed method for many practical purposes...

Conway's LUX method for magic squares is an algorithm by John Horton Conway for creating magic squares of order 4n+2, where n is a natural number. Start...

adding the Greek and Latin squares. A peculiarity of the construction method given above for the odd magic squares is that the middle number (n2 + 1)/2 will...

the "middle square" method generated numbers at a rate some hundred times faster than reading numbers in from punched cards. The middle-square method has...

Heron's method, a special case of Newton's method. If division is much more costly than multiplication, it may be preferable to compute the inverse square root...

generator (rcb_generator)". Technical Report. Widynski, Bernard (2017). "Middle-Square Weyl Sequence RNG". arXiv:1704.00358 [cs.CR]. Kneusel, Ron (2018). Random...

different generators. A simple pen-and-paper method for generating random numbers is the so-called middle-square method suggested by John von Neumann. While simple...

The Strachey method for magic squares is an algorithm for generating magic squares of singly even order 4k + 2. An example of magic square of order 6 constructed...

Pseudorandomness Cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator Middle-square method Blum Blum Shub ACORN ISAAC Lagged Fibonacci generator Linear congruential...

The Siamese method, or De la Loubère method, is a simple method to construct any size of n-odd magic squares (i.e. number squares in which the sums of...

The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China...

provides much better results than using the 32 middle bits of that squared number (the middle-square method). Rabbit claims 128-bit security against attackers...

form of pseudorandomness, using the middle-square method. He justified this crude method as faster than any other method at his disposal, writing that "Anyone...

standard way to derive the quadratic formula is to apply the method of completing the square to the generic quadratic equation ⁠ a x 2 + b x + c = 0 {\displaystyle...

Japanese input methods are used to input Japanese characters on a computer. There are two main methods of inputting Japanese on computers. One is via...

Hanging has been a standard method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and has been the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions...

The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has been referred to while doing science since at least the 17th century. Historically...

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical...

formula for the area of a square forms the basis of the calculation of area and motivates the search for methods for squaring the circle by compass and...

Roux, the second most popular method, which starts by forming a 3x2x1 block on both sides of the cube and solves the middle layer last, using fewer algorithms...

standard method of chess notation, used for recording and describing moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to identify each square on the board...

pre-AD 62). The earliest square with Christian-associated imagery dates from the sixth century. By the Middle Ages, Sator squares existed in Europe, Asia...

lost; however, Jia's method was expounded in detail by Yang Hui, who explicitly acknowledged his source: "My method of finding square and cubic roots was...

and is equal to 10 ares or 1000 square metres. It is used in Norway and in the former Ottoman areas of the Middle East and Bulgaria as a measure of...

and quotients of integers in decimal, a method known as long ago as the 12th century. 9 is the only square number that is the sum of two consecutive...

and accuracy Chapter 6 Squares and square roots Chapter 7 Algebraic description of the method Quotes: "A revolutionary new method for high-speed multiplication...

tesserae used were often square but can be variously shaped. Opus vermiculatum originated in Greece, later than other mosaic methods. The earliest known example...

such as the method of least squares, curves, means, and special methods depending on resemblance (such as pattern matching, the method of gradation,...

Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary...

completes a larger square of side length ⁠ x + b 2 a {\displaystyle x+{\tfrac {b}{2a}}} ⁠. Completing the square is the oldest method of solving general...