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Construction of a random sequence

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A completely equidistributed sequence of real numbers is constructed explicitly.

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  1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

    Donald E. Knuth

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Knuth, D.E. Construction of a random sequence. BIT 5, 246–250 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01937504

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