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Re:State of the art of random double generation by danbruc on Friday April 10, 2015 @12:09PM (#9355237)
2) Generate numbers that meet the above definition AND so that any particular floating number is no more likely to be picked than any other.

But you can't simultaneously have #1 and #2.

#2 = #1 AND MORE and NOT (#1 AND #2) imply that #2 is impossible independent of #1 or MORE.

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