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Class template linear_feedback_shift

boost::random::linear_feedback_shift

Synopsis

// In header: <boost/random/linear_feedback_shift.hpp>

template<typename UIntType, int w, int k, int q, int s, UIntType val> 
class linear_feedback_shift {
public:
  // types
  typedef UIntType result_type;

  // construct/copy/destruct
  linear_feedback_shift(UIntType = 341);
  template<typename It> linear_feedback_shift(It &, It);

  // public member functions
  result_type min() const;
  result_type max() const;
  void seed(UIntType = 341);
  template<typename It> void seed(It &, It);
  result_type operator()();

  // public static functions
  static bool validation(result_type);
  static const bool has_fixed_range;
  static const int word_size;
  static const int exponent1;
  static const int exponent2;
  static const int step_size;
};

Description

Instatiation of linear_feedback_shift model a pseudo-random number generator . It was originally proposed in

"Random numbers generated by linear recurrence modulo two.", Tausworthe, R. C.(1965), Mathematics of Computation 19, 201-209.

`linear_feedback_shift` public construct/copy/destruct

linear_feedback_shift(UIntType s0 = 341);

template<typename It> linear_feedback_shift(It & first, It last);

`linear_feedback_shift` public member functions

```
result_type min() const;
```
```
result_type max() const;
```
```
void seed(UIntType s0 = 341);
```

template<typename It> void seed(It & first, It last);

```
result_type operator()();
```

`linear_feedback_shift` public static functions

```
static bool validation(result_type x);
```