Re: Nonrandom Random Numbers?

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From: Roger D. Nelson
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:20

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In article <dmurdoch.396.726875230@mast.queensu.ca> dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
>In article <dmurdoch.393.726873235@mast.queensu.ca> dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:
>>The paper is Ferrenberg, A. M., Landau, D.P., and Wong, Y.J. (1992), Monte 
>>Carlo simulations:  hidden errors from "good" random number generators,
>>Physical Review Letters 69 no. 23, 3382-3384.
>
>Oops, I forgot to mention:
>
>The authors did find that simple variations on the algorithms (e.g. only use 
>every 5th random number) gave acceptable results.
>
>Duncan Murdoch
>dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca

I must be missing something, for _this_ result suggest high-frequency
autocorrelations that are eliminated by dumping the 2-4th elements.

Roger

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