Re: random number question.
- From: James Dow Allen <jdallen2000@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:34:13 -0700 (PDT)
On Apr 28, 9:02 am, pete <pfil...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Jens Thoms Toerring wrote:
Random numbers are numbers that are truely random - there's
no way you could ever predict the next one ...
Think e.g. of a gene-
rator that gets it's numbers from a source that's known to
be strictly random (throwing a coin, radioactive decay etc.).
That makes it seem as though whether or not
a process is considered truly random,
depends on the state of the art of numerical analysis.
Correct! Although differing interpretations of quantum physics
may complicate the issue. probability is related to ignorance!
If one takes the viewpoint of the Marquis de Laplace, the
physical universe is incapable of generating numbers which are
absolutely random.
James
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