vRngGaussian

Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C

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Date 4/28/2026

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vRngGaussian

Generates normally distributed random numbers.

Syntax

status = vsRngGaussian ( method , stream , n , r , a , sigma );

status = vdRngGaussian ( method , stream , n , r , a , sigma );

Include Files

mkl.h

Description

vsRngGaussian vdRngGaussian The vRngGaussian function generates random numbers with normal (Gaussian) distribution with mean value a and standard deviation σ , where a , σ ∈ R ; σ > 0.

The probability density function is given by:

The cumulative distribution function is as follows:

The cumulative distribution function F_{a,σ}(x) can be expressed in terms of standard normal distribution Φ(x) as F_a,σ ( x ) = Φ (( x - a )/ σ )

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Input Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`method`	`const MKL_INT`	Generation method. The specific values are as follows: VSL_RNG_METHOD_GAUSSIAN_BOXMULLER VSL_RNG_METHOD_GAUSSIAN_BOXMULLER2 VSL_RNG_METHOD_GAUSSIAN_ICDF See brief description of the methods `BOXMULLER` , `BOXMULLER2` , and `ICDF` in Table “Values of
`stream`	`VSLStreamStatePtr`	Pointer to the stream state structure
`n`	`const MKL_INT`	Number of random values to be generated.
`a`	`const float` for `vsRngGaussianconst double` for `vdRngGaussian`	Mean value `a` .
`sigma`	`const float` for `vsRngGaussianconst double` for `vdRngGaussian`	Standard deviation, `\(\sigma\)`.

Output Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`r`	`float` for `vsRngGaussiandouble` for `vdRngGaussian`	Vector of `n` normally distributed random numbers.

Return Values

VSL_ERROR_OK, VSL_STATUS_OK: Indicates no error, execution is successful.
VSL_ERROR_NULL_PTR: stream is a NULL pointer.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_STREAM: stream is not a valid random stream.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_BAD_UPDATE: Callback function for an abstract BRNG returns an invalid number of updated entries in a buffer, that is, < 0 or > nmax .
VSL_RNG_ERROR_NO_NUMBERS: Callback function for an abstract BRNG returns 0 as the number of updated entries in a buffer.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_QRNG_PERIOD_ELAPSED: Period of the generator has been exceeded.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_NONDETERM_NRETRIES_EXCEEDED: Number of retries to generate a random number by using non-deterministic random number generator exceeds threshold.
VSL_RNG_ERROR_ARS5_NOT_SUPPORTED: ARS-5 random number generator is not supported on the CPU running the application.

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Developer Reference for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for C

vRngGaussian

Syntax

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Description

Input Parameters

Output Parameters

Return Values