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Re: random number generator

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From: Ronald A. Thisted
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:28
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In article <1992Jul27.103659.11820@kth.se> md87-mpe@hemul.nada.kth.se (Magnus Pettersson) writes:
 [regarding a reference to a classic (and somewhat dangerous)
 algorithm for generating gaussian random variates]

>3. G.E.P.Box and M.E.Mueller

For everyone's information, that's Mervin Muller -- no e, no umlaut.

Ron Thisted
Department of Statistics/The University of Chicago
thisted@galton.uchicago.edu
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From: thisted@galton.uchicago.edu (Ronald A. Thisted)
Subject: Re: random number generator
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Keywords: pseudo-random, C , uniform, normal
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