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Provided an initial seed \( \nu _{0}\protect \)is supplied, a string of distinct values can be generated.

The most commonly used generator for pseudorandom numbers is the Linear Congruential Generator

\( \nu _{i} \)=(a\( \nu _{i-1} \)+ c) mod m


Amaury LATAILLADE 2002-11-04