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From: "James Tursa" <aclassyguywithaknotac@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: randn algorithm
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"Joachim " <a@b.com> wrote in message
<g0a8rf$obt$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> 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?

You might try:

sci.math.num-analysis

James Tursa