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curprev 12:5112:51, 10 February 2025 Frap talk contribs m 9,631 bytes 0 →Implementation undo

curprev 16:1216:12, 25 October 2024 144.82.8.170 talk 9,631 bytes +439 Added a example of the algorithm using Python. undo

curprev 18:4018:40, 2 March 2024 Esps talk contribs m 9,192 bytes −8 Irrelevant user ID removed from SO link undo

curprev 20:5220:52, 6 December 2023 Magenta.lily talk contribs 9,200 bytes +866 →Implementation: Added Julia implementation undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 00:0500:05, 22 December 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 8,334 bytes +48 Add: s2cid, bibcode. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BorgQueen | Category:Pseudorandom number generators | #UCB_Category 48/49 undo

curprev 00:5000:50, 14 November 2022 Closed Limelike Curves talk contribs 8,286 bytes −744 Not correct; none of these methods is universally "Better" or worse than another, it depends on the circumstances. On modern processors, the fastest method is generally either the inverse transform or the Box-Muller method. undo

curprev 13:5913:59, 5 September 2020 HelpUsStopSpam talk contribs 9,030 bytes −342 Undo WP:SELFCITE spam drop from November 2015 undo

curprev 21:1521:15, 21 May 2020 DannyS712 bot talk contribs m 9,372 bytes +36 Task 70: Update syntaxhighlight tags - remove use of deprecated <source> tags undo Tag: AWB

curprev 11:1711:17, 13 May 2020 The Anome talk contribs 9,336 bytes +66 Adding local short description: "Method for generating pseudo-random numbers", overriding Wikidata description "method for generating random numbers" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 01:3801:38, 26 February 2020 Parcly Taxel talk contribs m 9,270 bytes −58 →top: more prosaic link to its inventor undo

curprev 22:3322:33, 22 December 2019 Frap talk contribs m 9,328 bytes −17 →Implementation: remove line numbering undo

curprev 17:1217:12, 15 September 2019 Rodw talk contribs m 9,345 bytes −1 Disambiguating links to Chi-squared (link changed to Chi-squared distribution) using DisamAssist. undo

curprev 10:3010:30, 3 September 2019 Onel5969 talk contribs m 9,346 bytes +26 Disambiguating links to Chi-squared (help needed) using DisamAssist. undo

curprev 23:1423:14, 26 August 2019 109.166.134.98 talk 9,320 bytes −407 Cleaned up the c++ and java implementation code. Removed duplicate c++ code which was more unclear then the first provided code undo

curprev 20:3320:33, 3 April 2019 Michael Hardy talk contribs 9,727 bytes +10 →Practical considerations undo
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curprev 09:5109:51, 29 November 2018 79.1.45.152 talk 9,686 bytes +4 s=0 must be avoided undo

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curprev 22:0522:05, 24 October 2018 Josve05a talk contribs 9,682 bytes +197 Reference edited with ProveIt | Assisted by Citation bot undo

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curprev 07:1307:13, 7 February 2018 I dream of horses talk contribs m 8,753 bytes +10 Checking Wikipedia for errors using AWB undo

curprev 18:1518:15, 1 January 2018 Palavian talk contribs m 8,743 bytes −55 →Practical considerations: Fixed typo in formula s=x^2+y^2 undo

curprev 23:1623:16, 11 December 2017 Donner60 talk contribs m 8,798 bytes +1,490 Reverted edits by 2A01:388:385:150:0:0:1:57 (talk): unexplained content removal (HG) (3.3.3) undo Tags: Huggle Rollback
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curprev 20:0420:04, 16 September 2016 TedPavlic talk contribs m 8,471 bytes +307 →Practical considerations: More clarifications. undo
curprev 19:5719:57, 16 September 2016 TedPavlic talk contribs m 8,164 bytes +2 →top: Clarify "axes" undo
curprev 19:5619:56, 16 September 2016 TedPavlic talk contribs m 8,162 bytes +274 Point out re-grouping of variables that helps to interpret further down the page. undo

curprev 11:1711:17, 26 January 2016 Terohiekkalinna talk contribs 7,888 bytes +18 C++ code example had second parameter variance which was actually stdDev undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched

curprev 18:4018:40, 16 January 2016 Dawnseeker2000 talk contribs 7,870 bytes +2 Tidy, WP:CIRCULAR, typo(s) fixed: Intel based → Intel-based using AWB undo

curprev 20:4020:40, 29 November 2015 Lukafree2 talk contribs m 7,868 bytes +361 adding one reference undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 04:2604:26, 16 November 2015 Jerryobject talk contribs 7,507 bytes −55 →Implementation: Small WP:EoS WP:COPYEDIT. WP:LINK update, cut needless WP:PIPE. undo

curprev 20:4920:49, 29 October 2015 85.76.76.4 talk 7,562 bytes 0 21% less <-> 27% more undo

curprev 18:0318:03, 14 October 2015 86.176.148.245 talk 7,562 bytes +11 improve ref format undo

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curprev 18:1718:17, 11 August 2015 67.148.64.6 talk 7,649 bytes +148 added thread safety warning undo

curprev 03:4003:40, 5 August 2015 115.248.217.170 talk 7,501 bytes +42 Added mean to the argument list (refer java implementation above). undo
curprev 02:2602:26, 5 August 2015 116.68.86.46 talk 7,459 bytes +11 Converted from Qt specific code to standard C++ undo

curprev 06:2106:21, 26 March 2015 BG19bot talk contribs m 7,448 bytes −1 WP:CHECKWIKI error fix for #61. Punctuation goes before References. Do general fixes if a problem exists. - using AWB (10839) undo

curprev 07:4407:44, 25 March 2015 Jorge Guerra Pires talk contribs m 7,449 bytes +129 Adding reliable reference undo

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