Re: Looking for event-based random number generator
This sparked a small memory in me and I did a quick investigation and it seems to hold.
You can actually generate a series of random numbers that are normally distributed by adding together 2 numbers that are randomly generated by a linear distribution. I remembered this because when you roll 2 dice, the sum of the dice is a standard distribution.
You can adjust to scale to the desired mean/standard deviation.
So, if you know any kind of programming language, go through a loop 100 times and do this:
n1 = rand()*std*2.45
n2 = rand()*std*2.45
num = mean + n1 + n2 - std*2.45
Why 2.45? I don't know. But it works.
I wrote a quick program for it. I could probably throw it up on the web if you're interested.
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