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Pseudo-Random Numbers for the Machine “Strela”

I. M. Sobol'

Moscow

Abstract: In §1, the introduction, special attention is paid to the deterministic point of view.
In §2 the generation and testing of pseudo-random numbers on the computer “Strela” (with a floating decimal point) is described. The tests used are similar to those in [6] and, perhaps, more stringent.
The mean length of cycles occurring in any pseudo-random sequence is evaluated by [6].

Received: 20.01.1958

 English version: Theory of Probability and its Applications, 1958, 3:2, 192–197