Talk:Random Number Generator

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Power Spectral Density of Linear feedback shift registers

For those concerned about even power spectral density (aka white noise), it should be noted that LFSRs tend to have a bias towards lower frequencies (similar to pink noise).

Here's a comparison of the frequency spectrum of glibc's rand() vs an LFSR:

Rand spectrum.png
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