English

Computationally easy, spectrally good multipliers for congruential pseudorandom number generators

Data Structures and Algorithms 2021-09-28 v3

Abstract

Congruential pseudorandom number generators rely on good multipliers, that is, integers that have good performance with respect to the spectral test. We provide lists of multipliers with a good lattice structure up to dimension eight and up to lag eight for generators with typical power-of-two moduli, analyzing in detail multipliers close to the square root of the modulus, whose product can be computed quickly.

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@article{arxiv.2001.05304,
  title  = {Computationally easy, spectrally good multipliers for congruential pseudorandom number generators},
  author = {Guy Steele and Sebastiano Vigna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.05304},
  year   = {2021}
}
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