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Foil 13 More on Generation of Random Numbers Numerically

From CPS615 Foils -- set D:Statistics and Random Numbers CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- Fall Semester 95. by Geoffrey C. Fox
You do not need to "understand" this.
It is useful to check random number generator.
Is xn+i independent of xn for different values of i= 1...?
Also, note one must specify a "seed" = initial value x0
Then "random numbers" follow deterministically.
x0 => x1 => x2 ......
Set seed (x0) from "Time of Day"
Save seed so can rerun program..

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