From: Alex Young <alex@...>
Date: 2007-05-23T06:00:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Uniform Random Number Generator

Dan Zwell wrote:
> Roland Mai wrote:
>> I need a random number generator that generates random numbers with a
>> uniform distribution.
>>
>> I am not sure what rand does in ruby and I can't seem to find it online
>> either. My initial assumption is that it follows a uniform 
>> distribution, but
>> I can't tell.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> 
> Well, I would think that by definition it has a uniform distribution. 
> Can you give an example of a RNG that does not have a uniform distribution?
> 
An RNG defined such that its output is the average of the outputs of N 
independent uniform RNG's will, if my very, very shaky memory of first 
year undergrad maths can be relied upon, have a Gaussian distribution. 
That's the simplest I can think of...

-- 
Alex