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Pseudorandom numbers generated from shift register sequences

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Number-Theoretic Analysis

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A survey of recent work on uniform pseudorandom numbers generated by the digital multistep and GFSR methods is presented. The emphasis is on the behavior of these pseudorandom numbers under tests for equidistribution and for statistical independence of successive pseudorandom numbers. A new general existence theorem for good parameters in the GFSR method is also shown.

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  1. Kommission für Mathematik Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Dr.-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010, Wien, Austria

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Niederreiter, H. (1990). Pseudorandom numbers generated from shift register sequences. In: Hlawka, E., Tichy, R.F. (eds) Number-Theoretic Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1452. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0096988

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