Re: [Boost-users] Class template normal_distribution. What is the actually mapping function?

From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-30 03:48:12

If you look at the code you will see that it uses the Box-Muller method

Matthias

On Jan 30, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Jeanette Auer wrote:

> Does anyone know what is the actual mapping function used by the
> <boost/random/normal_distribution.hpp> to map uniform random into the
> normal distribution?  While I suspect it is the Marsaglia's ziggurat
> algorithm I need to know for certain and I can not find the details on
> the BOOST site.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Jeanette Auer
> Associate Lecture
> Dept. Comp. Sci. & Comp. Eng
> La Trobe University
> Victoria  3086
>
>
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