On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Joseph Ashwood wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Jim Choate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > For a RNG to -be- a RNG it -must- be infinity-distributed. This means that
> > there are -no- string repititions -ever-.
>
> Ummm, wrong.
No, correct. It's called -infinity
- Original Message -
From: "Jim Choate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> For a RNG to -be- a RNG it -must- be infinity-distributed. This means that
> there are -no- string repititions -ever-.
Ummm, wrong. That would imply that in a binary stream, once 0 has been used
it can never be used again. Thi
It has been suggested by some that a PRNG can be created that is -not-
repeating. There is a property of -all- RNG's that is called
k-distribution.
For a RNG to -be- a RNG it -must- be infinity-distributed. This means that
there are -no- string repititions -ever-. If this can't be guaranteed the
