When good pseudorandom numbers go bad (Multivariate normal sampling)
David A. Wheeler
dwheeler at dwheeler.com
Thu May 22 22:24:45 UTC 2025
Reproducing floating point computations on different computers is often a headache.
My usual recommendation: use integers or fixed point if you can.
However, sometimes things go really south. Here's an interesting article:
"When good pseudorandom numbers go bad"
https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-05-18_multivariate-normal-sampling-floating-point/
Until someone finds a better solution, it's probably worth pointing to this advice
for these kinds of circumstances.
--- David A. Wheeler
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