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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Class template normal_distribution. What is the
From: Matthias Troyer <troyer () phys ! ethz ! ch>
Date: 2007-01-30 8:48:12
Message-ID: E5CAB73E-8D2C-4A59-8598-903BBFC571E4 () phys ! ethz ! ch
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If you look at the code you will see that it uses the Box-Muller method
Matthias
On Jan 30, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Jeanette Auer wrote:
> Does anyone know what is the actual mapping function used by the
> <boost/random/normal_distribution.hpp> to map uniform random into the
> normal distribution? While I suspect it is the Marsaglia's ziggurat
> algorithm I need to know for certain and I can not find the details on
> the BOOST site.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Jeanette Auer
> Associate Lecture
> Dept. Comp. Sci. & Comp. Eng
> La Trobe University
> Victoria 3086
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