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8164923: Error in the documentation for java.lang.Random

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Abjihit Roy 2016-12-22 23:35:52 +05:30 committed by Roger Riggs
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@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class Random implements java.io.Serializable {
*
* This is a linear congruential pseudorandom number generator, as
* defined by D. H. Lehmer and described by Donald E. Knuth in
* <i>The Art of Computer Programming,</i> Volume 3:
* <i>The Art of Computer Programming,</i> Volume 2:
* <i>Seminumerical Algorithms</i>, section 3.2.1.
*
* @param bits random bits
@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ class Random implements java.io.Serializable {
* }}</pre>
* This uses the <i>polar method</i> of G. E. P. Box, M. E. Muller, and
* G. Marsaglia, as described by Donald E. Knuth in <i>The Art of
* Computer Programming</i>, Volume 3: <i>Seminumerical Algorithms</i>,
* Computer Programming</i>, Volume 2: <i>Seminumerical Algorithms</i>,
* section 3.4.1, subsection C, algorithm P. Note that it generates two
* independent values at the cost of only one call to {@code StrictMath.log}
* and one call to {@code StrictMath.sqrt}.