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Re: r250 --> r1270?


Hi,

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:22:05 +0100 (CET)
"H. G. Katzgraber" <katzgraber@phys.ethz.ch> wrote:

> I have noticed that in the random number generator selection 
> you list r250. Would it be possible to add r1279? It is 
> almost as fast as r250, yet r250 is known to give wrong 
> results.

all generators of the lagged fibonacci type with xor, addition or
subtraction do have the same statistical defects [1]. For that reason
r1270 will give wrong results in all MC simulations where r250 is known
to give wrong results. It just takes a little bit longer (in terms of
MC steps).


	Heiko


[1] http://de.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307138 

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