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Foil 6 More on Generation of Random Numbers Numerically

From CPS615-End of Basic Overview of Random Numbers and First Part of Monte Carlo Integration Delivered Lectures of CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- 22 October 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox *
Secs 319.6
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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