From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
Subject: Re: Ada2005 random
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 20:34:54 +0200
Date: 2003-04-05T20:34:54+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87llyo6be9.fsf@inf.enst.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dstanbro-C7D7EA.07514005042003@mec2.bigpond.net.au
>>>>> "Dale" == Dale Stanbrough <dstanbro@bigpond.net.au> writes:
Dale> If the random numbers are uniformly distributed, why wouldn't a
Dale> window on that distribution also be uniformly distributed?
"mod" does not create a window.
Dale> Could you give an example?
Suppose that random numbers are uniformly distributed over the set
{0,1,2}. Apply "mod 2" to that, you get {0,1,0}. The probability of
getting a 0 is twice the one of getting a 1.
Sam
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2003-04-03 12:27 Ada2005 random David C. Hoos, Sr.
2003-04-03 12:39 ` Peter Hermann
2003-04-03 22:10 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-04-04 7:43 ` Peter Hermann
2003-04-04 10:21 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-04-04 12:11 ` Stuart Palin
2003-04-04 14:25 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-04 21:51 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-04-05 18:34 ` Samuel Tardieu [this message]
2003-04-05 6:46 ` Martin Krischik
2003-04-07 21:07 ` Randy Brukardt
2003-04-13 14:56 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-04-13 21:58 ` Mark Biggar
2003-04-04 12:20 ` Stuart Palin
2003-04-07 7:26 ` Jean-Etienne Doucet
2003-04-07 8:09 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-04 8:27 `
2003-04-04 12:14 ` Peter Hermann
2003-04-04 14:26 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
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2003-04-05 7:29 ` Pascal Obry
2003-04-05 9:00 ` tmoran
2003-04-05 17:02 ` Pascal Obry
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2003-04-02 13:27 Peter Hermann
2003-04-02 13:44 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-03 9:56 ` Peter Hermann
2003-04-03 10:13 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-04 3:50 ` Steve
2003-04-04 14:30 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-04-05 3:02 ` Steve
2003-04-04 4:33 ` Christoph Grein
2003-04-06 15:44 `
2003-04-05 0:14 ` Jeffrey Carter
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