Kevin Wampler wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Basically I'm trying to prove that my psuedo-random number generator 
>> generates numbers which are at least psuedo-random...
> 
> Is there any reason you're not using one of the existing test suites for 
> this?
> 
> http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/dieharder.php

I can't figure out how to use it.

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On 01/18/10 06:29, Invisible wrote:
> Suppose you collect a large quantity of numbers, randomly distributed
> over the interval 0..k.
>
> Assuming these numbers are truly random, and the distribution is truly
> uniform, presumably the arithmetic mean should be k/2.

	Eh? What's "truly random"?

	I take it you mean _uniform_ distribution?


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