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8 Aug 2024 06:18:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: random numbers  
From: Ken
Date: 7 Feb 2001 12:13:15
Message: <3A8182D3.B378D2C3@pacbell.net>
Tom Melly wrote:
> 
> Does the seed for random numbers make any difference (apart from generating
> a diff. sequence)?

No.

> Are big numbers better than small numbers?

See above.

> Are fractional numbers better than integers?
> 
> (by "better" I suppose I mean "a longer, more random, sequence")

See above.
 
> Also, is the random number sequence a fixed sequence, with the seed just
> controlling the point at which you join the sequence.

Yes.

> If it is a fixed sequence, how long is it?

I don't know.

-- 
Ken Tyler


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