Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:21:56 -0500 (EST) From: zhihuizhang <bf20761@binghamton.edu> To: hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: random number and primitive polynomial Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.L3.93.981128221547.22947A-100000@bingsun2>
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Hi, I am now interested in how a truly random number is generated. The source code is contained in file random_machdep.c. Can anyone tell me where I can find good reference on how the primitive polynomial is related to random number generation (i.e., its properties and role in a random number generator). By the way, I can not find where the file stdlib.h is located. According to the manual, rand() are defined in it. I want to look at the source code of rand() too (although it is said to be a bad random number generator). Any help is appreciated. -------------------------------------------------- | Zhihui Zhang, http://cs.binghamton.edu/~zzhang | | Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY at Binghamton | -------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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