Flutterby™! : Grogono Generator 2014-08-30 00:45:43.386502+02

Grogono Generator

2014-08-30 00:45:43.386502+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

The Grogono Generator: an Apologia, on good and bad random number generators, including some beautiful visualizations of "random" number generators:

When it is used with good RNGs, the results of the Pickover Test are rather boring: it just draws spheres. The test is much more effective when it is used with a bad RNG, because it produces pretty pictures. In particular, the Grogono Generator is so bad that it generates quite delightful patterns. Here are some examples, starting with three from my generator.

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