RanLux Class

public class RanLux : ExtendedRandom

Public Class RanLux
	Inherits ExtendedRandom

public ref class RanLux : public ExtendedRandom

type RanLux =  
    class
        inherit ExtendedRandom
    end

The RanLux type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	RanLux	Constructs a new RanLux random number generator using the default seed and luxury level.
	RanLux(Int32)	Constructs a new RanLux random number generator using the specified seed and the default luxury level.
	RanLux(RanLuxLuxuryLevel)	Constructs a new RanLux random number generator using the default seed and the specified luxury level.
	RanLux(Int32, RanLuxLuxuryLevel)	Constructs a new RanLux random number generator using the specified seed and custom luxury level.

	Name	Description
	LuxuryLevel	Gets the luxury level for the random number generator.

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Next	Returns a nonnegative random number. (Overrides RandomNext.)
	Next(Int32)	Returns a non-negative random integer that is less than the specified maximum. (Inherited from Random.)
	Next(Int32, Int32)	Returns a random integer that is within a specified range. (Inherited from Random.)
	NextBytes(Byte)	Fills the elements of a specified array of bytes with random numbers. (Overrides RandomNextBytes(Byte).)
	NextBytes(SpanByte)	Fills the elements of a specified span of bytes with random numbers. (Inherited from Random.)
	NextDouble	Returns a random floating-point number that is greater than or equal to 0.0, and less than 1.0. (Inherited from Random.)
	Restart	Restarts the random number generator using the original seed. (Overrides ExtendedRandomRestart.)
	Restart(Int32)	Restarts the random number generator using the specified seed. (Overrides ExtendedRandomRestart(Int32).)
	Sample	Returns a random number between 0 and 1. (Overrides RandomSample.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

	Name	Description
	AsParallel	Returns a thread-safe version of this random number generator. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	CorrelatedSamples	Generates a series of random variables with the specified correlation matrix. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListDouble)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListInt32)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Double, ContinuousDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Int32, DiscreteDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(VectorDouble, ContinuousDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a vector with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(VectorDouble, DiscreteDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a vector with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Double, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListDouble, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(IListInt32, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random numbers. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Int32, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Double, Int32, Int32, ContinuousDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills a Double array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Fill(Int32, Int32, Int32, DiscreteDistribution)	Overloaded. Fills an Int32 array with random samples from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	FillNormal(IListDouble)	Overloaded. Fills a list with normal random numbers with zero mean and unit standard deviation. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	FillNormal(IListDouble, Int32, Int32)	Overloaded. Fills a list with normal random numbers with zero mean and unit standard deviation. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	Next	Returns a sample from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)
	NextDouble	Returns a sample from the specified distribution. (Defined by RandomExtensions.)

Use the RanLux class to represent a pseudo-random number generator based on M. Luescher's second generation version of the RANLUX random number generator.

The RanLux generator produces random blocks of 48 bits. It has a period of over 10¹⁶⁶.

RanLux can be used in place of the Random class to obtain pseudo-random numbers of a higher quality.

References:

• M. Leuscher, "A portable high-quality random number random for lattice field theory calculations", Computer Physics Communications, 79 (1994) 100-110.
• F. James, "RANLUX: A Fortran implementation of the high-quality pseudo-random number generator of Leuscher", Computer Physics Communications, 79 (1994) 111-114.

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