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randomnumbersproducedbyphysicalprocesses.So,becausesuchgeneratorsare
knowntoexist,wecanleavetothephilosopherstheproblemofde ningthem.
Apragmaticpointofview,then,isthatrandomnessisintheeyeofthebeholder
(orprogrammer).Whatisrandomenoughforoneapplicationmaynotberandom
enoughforanother.Still,oneisnotentirelyadriftinaseaofincommensurable
applicationsprograms:Thereisacertainlistofstatisticaltests,somesensibleand
somemerelyenshrinedbyhistory,whichonthewholewilldoaverygoodjob
7.1UniformDeviates
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Chapter 7 Random Numbers