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is RNG note about Mersenne Twister correct? #803

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paciorek opened this issue Oct 17, 2024 · 1 comment
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is RNG note about Mersenne Twister correct? #803

paciorek opened this issue Oct 17, 2024 · 1 comment

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@paciorek
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Section 1.3.1 seems to incorrectly indicate that the default PRNG is Mersenne not PCG64.

np.random: random numbers (Mersenne Twister PRNG):

This conflicts with the actual behavior:

>>> import numpy as np
>>> rng = np.random.default_rng(27446968)
>>> rng
Generator(PCG64) at 0x7FD121D4DD20
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stefanv commented Oct 17, 2024

Thanks, Chris! Looks like that slipped through when we migrated the text to the new RNG pattern.

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