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Mersenne twister

pseudorandom number generator whose period is a Mersenne prime
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Mersenne twister

Summary

Mersenne twister is a pseudorandom number generator[1]. It draws 476 Wikipedia views per month (pseudorandom_number_generator category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mersenne twister is credited with the discovery of Makoto Matsumoto[3].
  • Mersenne twister's instance of is recorded as pseudorandom number generator[4].
  • Mersenne prime is named after Mersenne twister[5].
  • Mersenne twister's based on is recorded as Mersenne prime[6].
  • Mersenne twister's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Mersenne twister's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cckf[8].
  • Mersenne twister's official website is recorded as http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html[9].
  • Mersenne twister's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/mersenne-twister[10].
  • Mersenne twister's schematic is recorded as Mersenne Twister visualisation.svg[11].
  • Mersenne twister's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 17339459[12].
  • Mersenne twister's Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID is recorded as 15141[13].
  • Mersenne twister's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/mersenne-twister[14].

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Designation and Status

Mersenne twister's instance of is recorded as pseudorandom number generator[4].

History and Context

Mersenne prime is named after Mersenne twister[5].

Why It Matters

Mersenne twister draws 476 Wikipedia views per month (pseudorandom_number_generator category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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