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What is a pseudorandom number sequence?
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Because the same program always produces the same result,
it is not possible to write a program that produces truly
random numbers.
However, for most purposes a pseudorandom number sequence
will work almost as well---that is, a repeatable sequence of numbers that
has statistical properties similar to a random sequence.
Next: Repeatable pseudorandom sequences in Fortran
See also: Generating random numbers in Fortran; Non-repeating pseudorandom sequences in Fortran; Hints for Fortran programmers
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John Shipman, john@nmt.edu
Last updated: 1995/12/19 18:58:09 UT
URL: http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/fortran/pseudo.html