Xorshift RNGs

George Marsaglia
2003
2 references

Abstract

Description of a class of simple, extremely fast random number generators (RNGs) with periods 2k - 1 for k = 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192. These RNGs seem to pass tests of randomness very well.

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Code References

freebsd/freebsd-src
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crypto/openssl/crypto/property/property.c
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* https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v008.i14
gcc-mirror/gcc
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libgrust/rustc-lib/core/src/slice/sort.rs
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// Pseudorandom number generator from the "Xorshift RNGs" paper by George Marsaglia.
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