Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 02:18:21 +0300 (MSK) From: "Aleksandr A.Babaylov" <babolo@links.ru> To: bf20761@binghamton.edu (zhihuizhang) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: random number and primitive polynomial Message-ID: <199811292318.CAA15788@aaz.links.ru> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.L3.93.981128221547.22947A-100000@bingsun2> from "zhihuizhang" at "Nov 28, 98 10:21:56 pm"
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zhihuizhang writes: > > Hi, I am now interested in how a truly random number is generated. The > source code is contained in file random_machdep.c. Can anyone tell me > where I can find good reference on how the primitive polynomial is related > to random number generation (i.e., its properties and role in a random > number generator). The art of computer programming Volume 2 Seminumerical Algorithms Donald E. Knuth Addicon-Wesley Publishing Company 1969 > By the way, I can not find where the file stdlib.h is located. According > to the manual, rand() are defined in it. I want to look at the source > code of rand() too (although it is said to be a bad random number > generator). > > Any help is appreciated. > > -------------------------------------------------- > | Zhihui Zhang, http://cs.binghamton.edu/~zzhang | > | Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY at Binghamton | > -------------------------------------------------- -- @BABOLO http://links.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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