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		bregma on Sept 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers? That's still just a linear congruential PRNG with state sizeof(unsigned int). LCG is simple and has well-known flaws.

IIAOPSW on Sept 14, 2020 [–]

No it is not an LCG. When you distribute the terms there is a -4x_n^2. Therefore it is non-linear.

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