[Ecls-list] random insufficiently random

[Waldek Hebisch]

Trying

(random (expt 10 500))

I get results like:

97211952693760395050048828125000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

In multiple trials I got similar result -- most of the digits is zero.
Without any statistical tests is it clear that distribution of
values is quite far from uniform.

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                              Waldek Hebisch
hebisch at math.uni.wroc.pl