1. Re: 32-bit random numbers3753
> *Concatenation* of two uniformly distributed 16-bit values -- as Derek
> and Rob suggested -- should IMHO result in a uniform distribution, too.
>
> Rob said, that *addition* of two uniformly distributed values does
> result in a distribution, that is not uniform.
>
> Regards,
> Juergen
>
Rob also said that, in theory, concatenation would be nice. The problem is
concatenating adjacent random numbers, because the random generator is
actually deterministic. For this reason, only 2^16 among all possible 2^32
integers will be generated.
It depends for which kind of purpose you'd like to use full 32-bit random
numbers.
The solution would be to have two independant random generators, with
independant initializations and independant numbers of runs. Too slow if it's
even feasible.
CChris
