CRAug 26, 2019
Again, random numbers fall mainly in the planes: xorshift128+ generators
arXiv:1908.10020v1
AI Analysis
This addresses a critical flaw in widely used random number generators, impacting software reliability and security.
The paper identified that xorshift128+ pseudo random number generators, used in platforms like JavaScript V8 Engine, produce points that concentrate on planes in 3D plots, compromising randomness.
Xorshift128+ are pseudo random number generators with eight sets of parameters. Some of them are standard generators in many platforms, such as JavaScript V8 Engine. We show that in the 3D plots generated by this method, points concentrate on planes, ruining the randomness.