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Thu, 6 Jul 2006 14:35:00 -0400
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nextGaussian works identically to java.util.nextGaussian().  It  
returns a random number chosen from under a normal distribution with  
mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1.

Sean


On Jul 6, 2006, at 12:43 PM, Michael Makowsky wrote:

> In the Mersenne Twister class doc there is a blank under the  
> nextGaussian() method. I assume that this returns a 0 to 1 double,  
> normally distributed. Is there anyway to control the standard  
> deviation of the number returned?
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> mike
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> Michael Makowsky
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