randmt.h

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/** @addtogroup bn_rmt
 *
 * @brief
 * Mersenne Twister random number generation as defined by MT19937.
 *
 * Generates one pseudorandom real number (double) which is uniformly
 * distributed on [0, 1]-interval, for each call.
 *
 * @par Usage:
 @code
 double d;
 
 bn_randmt_seed(integer_seed);
 
 while (NEED_MORE_RAND_NUMBERS) {
 d = bn_randmt();
 }
 @endcode
 *
 */
/** @{ */
/** @file randmt.h */
 
#ifndef BN_RANDMT_H
#define BN_RANDMT_H
 
#include "common.h"
#include "bn/defines.h"
 
__BEGIN_DECLS
 
BN_EXPORT extern double bn_randmt(void);
BN_EXPORT extern void bn_randmt_seed(unsigned long seed);
 
__END_DECLS
 
#endif  /* BN_RANDMT_H */
/** @} */
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