Woodcock, Chris F., Smart, Nigel P. (1998) p-adic chaos and random number generation. Experimental Mathematics, 7 (4). pp. 333-342. ISSN 1058-6458. (doi:10.1080/10586458.1998.10504379) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:17281)
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| Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10586458.1998.10504379 |
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Abstract
We discuss the properties of p-adic analogues of the logistic and Smale horseshoe maps, and adapt them to form possible practical pseudo-random number generators. The properties of these practical modifications are studied in detail in the case p = 2.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/10586458.1998.10504379 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | p-adic numbers; chaos theory; random numbers |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) |
| Institutional Unit: | Schools > School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics > Mathematical Sciences |
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Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science
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| Depositing User: | Tara Puri |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2009 15:07 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2025 09:47 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/17281 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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