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Park, S.K., Miller, K.W., "Random number generators: Good ones are hard to find", Communications of the ACM, 31, 10, October 1988, pp. 1192-1201. Google
1194 ;;Quote: a = 16807 and m = 2^31-1 defines a good random number generator; exhaustively tested and well understood; also 48271 and 69621
1196 ;;Quote: prompt user for initial seed; for reproducibility, e.g., social security number
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