Notes for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library Vector Statistics

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Date 12/04/2020
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Gaussian (VSL_RNG_METHOD_GAUSSIAN_BOXMULLER)

Random number generator of normal (Gaussian) distribution with parameters a and s. You can obtain any successive random number x of the standard normal distribution according to the formula

,

where u1, u2 are a pair of successive random numbers uniformly distributed over the interval (0, 1). For details, see [Box58].

The normal distribution with the parameters a and s is transformed to the random number y by scaling and the shift y = sx+a.

See Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library Vector Statistics Random Number Generator Performance Data for test results summary.