Pseudorandom numbers - Gizransu

Japanese: 擬似乱数 - ぎじらんすう
Pseudorandom numbers - Gizransu

...However, if a, b, and m (especially a and m) are chosen appropriately, (1) uniformity is approximately satisfied. Therefore, a sequence of numbers obtained using such a formula is called arithmetic random numbers or pseudorandom numbers. However, nowadays, it is rare to create and use random numbers by physical operations such as rolling dice (such random numbers are called physical random numbers), so when people simply talk about random numbers, they usually mean pseudorandom numbers. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "pseudo-random numbers" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,a,b,m(特にaとm)を適切に選べば,(1)一様性は近似的に満たされる。そこで,このような数式を使って得られる数列のことを算術乱数あるいは擬似乱数とよぶ。しかし現在では,サイコロを振るような物理的操作によって乱数を作って使う(このような乱数を物理乱数という)ことはほとんどないので,単に乱数といえば,擬似乱数を意味しているのがふつうである。…

※「擬似乱数」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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