• A permuted congruential generator (PCG) is a pseudorandom number generation algorithm developed in 2014 by Dr. M.E. O'Neill which applies an output permutation...
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    A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear...
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  • Eichenauer, Jürgen; Lehn, Jürgen (1986). "A nonlinear congruential pseudorandom number generator". Statistische Hefte. 27: 315–326. doi:10.1007/BF02932576...
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    low-order bits of a linear congruential PRNG with modulo 2e are less random than the high-order ones: the low n bits of the generator themselves have a period...
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  • antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections Permuted congruential generator, a pseudo-random number generation algorithm Phonocardiogram...
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  • pseudorandom number generators with very large periods such as the Mersenne twister, generalized shift register and Lagged Fibonacci generators. Mersenne primes...
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  • {\displaystyle V_{j+1}=(A\times V_{j}){\bmod {P}}} (see linear congruential generator) This is useful in computer science, since most data structures...
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    a\cdot a)^{-1}} ⁠, etc. Such an element a {\displaystyle a} is called a generator or a primitive element of the group. In additive notation, the requirement...
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    can be identified with the exterior algebra over the Z-module Zn whose generators are the duals of the n nontrivial cycles. As the n-torus is the n-fold...
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  • quality):[citation needed] ACORN generator Blum Blum Shub Lagged Fibonacci generator Linear congruential generator Mersenne Twister Coloring algorithm:...
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  • multiplication also leads to the construction of integers which are cyclically permuted when multiplied by certain numbers. For example, 102564 × 4 = 410256. 102564...
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  • Box–Muller transform Marsaglia polar method Convolution random number generator — generates a random variable as a sum of other random variables Indexed...
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    or like a "rotating ring of tetrahedra" ... whose opposite edges are generators of a helicoid. The two opposite edges of each tetrahedron are related...
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