Re: Random number generator without duplicates?
Re: Random number generator without duplicates?
- Subject: Re: Random number generator without duplicates?
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:05:30 -0700
On 4/17/01 11:34 AM, Bryan Harris <email@hidden> wrote:
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Isn't the integer random number generator supposed to follow the same rules
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as the real, i.e. generate every value once before repeating?
If it did that, it wouldn't be random. True randomness means that every
iteration is distinct from all other iterations. A true random-number
generator is capable of generating the same number 56 times out of 56,
for instance. It would happen once in a zillion times, give or take a
few dozen.
--Michelle
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