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Subject: Re: randn algorithm
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I shall qualify the question:

- does randn use the same base generator as rand (i.e.,
Mersenne Twister in 7.4)?
- what would be a good newsgroup to ask what differences to
expect between using the Box-Muller transform as opposed to
ziggurat?