Hidden Errors in Simulations and the Quality of Pseudorandom Numbers

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dc.creatorVattulainen, I.
dc.creatorKankaala, K.
dc.creatorSaarinen, J.
dc.creatorAla-Nissila, T.
dc.date1993-01-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:06:46Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:06:46Z
dc.descriptionWe have carried out extensive statistical, bit level and visual tests of several random number generators used in the applications of physics. Two of the generators tested were recently included in a paper by Ferrenberg {\it et al.} (Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 68}, 3382 (1992)) who reported correlations in their Monte Carlo simulations. As a possible explanation of this, they suggest bit level correlations in the random numbers. However, our tests find no evidence of such correlations, which highlights the importance of more careful physical tests of random number generators.
dc.description3 pages, plain TeX, Helsinki University Preprint HU-TFT-01-93
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9301022
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9301022
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/26932
dc.subjectCondensed Matter
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Lattice
dc.titleHidden Errors in Simulations and the Quality of Pseudorandom Numbers
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