PETSCSPRNG

access to the publicly available random number generator sprng

Options Database Key

• -random_type <rand,rand48,sprng> - select the random number generator at runtime

Note

PETSc must be ./configure with the option –download-sprng to use this random number generator.

Developer Note

This is NOT currently using a parallel random number generator. Sprng does have an MPI version we should investigate.

See Also

RandomCreate(), RandomSetType(), PETSCRAND, PETSCRAND48, PetscRandomSetFromOptions()

Level

beginner

Location

src/sys/classes/random/impls/sprng/sprng.c

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