Python's MT documentation exmphasize the period of the MT19937 algorithm but discusses not at all the seed size. The numpy documentation contains no commentary (I believe). Speaking from a position of utter RNG ignorance, seed size seems really important too: why is it not discussed? I noticed this algorithm http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/MT2002/emt19937ar.html provides explicitly for seed size choice, which suggests that some documentation in this area would not be irrelevant (and also addresses some other interesting technical issues).
Just trying to understand a bit better. Thanks in advance for any helpful comments or URLs, Alan Isaac ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
