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Re:How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers? by bregma on Monday September 14, 2020 @07:31AM (#24468937)
That's still just a linear congruential PRNG with state sizeof(unsigned int). LCG is simple and has well-known flaws.
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Re:How Do Computers Generate Random Numbers? by IIAOPSW on Monday September 14, 2020 @07:30PM (#24476318)
No it is not an LCG. When you distribute the terms there is a -4x_n^2. Therefore it is non-linear.
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