Generating and testing pseudo random numbers on the IBM Type 701
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- © Copyright 1956 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 10 (1956), 8-13
- MSC: Primary 68.0X
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1956-0076467-X
- MathSciNet review: 0076467