Project

Write a simple program to generate random numbers using the linear congruent method (1).

• For pedagogical purposes take and determine the period, that is, how many numbers are generated before the sequence repeats.
• Take the sequence of random numbers you have just computed and plot successive pairs on a graph and try to identify clustering (do not connect the points with lines). For the ``pedagogical'' sequence you should see correlations which means you should not use it for serious work.
• Test the built-in random number generator on your computer for correlations by plotting pairs as above. (This should be good for serious work.)

Some source code available in: C, FORTRAN

Two plots showing the importance of which random number generator to use.