Again, random numbers fall mainly in the planes: xorshift128+ generators

08/26/2019
by   Hiroshi Haramoto, et al.
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Xorshift128+ are pseudo random number generators with eight sets of parameters. Some of them are standard generators in many platforms, such as JavaScript V8 Engine. We show that in the 3D plots generated by this method, points concentrate on planes, ruining the randomness.

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