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Pseudorandom Number Generators in a Four-Bit Computer System

by James C. Reber (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
January, 1989

Subject classification(s): Mathematics for Computer Science | Applied Mathematics | Modular Arithmetic | Number Theory | Algebra and Number Theory
Applicable Course(s): 4.3 Number Theory | 4.1 Introduction to Proofs | 3.7 Discrete Math | 2.7 Finite Math

Determining the number of theoretic conditions that will guarantee that a linear congruence is a suitable pseudo-random number generator modulo 16.

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Capsule Course Topic(s):
Number Theory | Number Sequences
Number Theory | Congruences
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