Description

S3L_rand_lcg initializes a parallel array a, using a Linear Congruential random number generator (LCG). It produces random numbers that are independent of the distribution of the parallel array.

Arrays of type S3L_integer (integer4) are initialized to random integers in the range 0 . . . 2³¹-1. Arrays of type S3L_long_integer are initialized with integers in the range 0 . . . 2⁶³-1. Arrays of type S3L_float or S3L_double are initialized in the range 0 . . . 1. The real and imaginary parts of type S3L_complex and S3L_double_complex are also initialized in the range 0 . . . 1.

The random numbers are initialized by an internal iterative equation of the type:

x[n] = a*x[n-1]
+ c