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 Random Number Functions
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 Sequences of pseudo-random numbers in GMP are generated using a
 variable of type `gmp_randstate_t', which holds an algorithm selection
 and a current state.  Such a variable must be initialized by a call to
 one of the `gmp_randinit' functions, and can be seeded with one of the
 `gmp_randseed' functions.
 
    The functions actually generating random numbers are described in
  Integer Random Numbers, and  Miscellaneous Float
 Functions.
 
    The older style random number functions don't accept a
 `gmp_randstate_t' parameter but instead share a global variable of that
 type.  They use a default algorithm and are currently not seeded
 (though perhaps that will change in the future).  The new functions
 accepting a `gmp_randstate_t' are recommended for applications that
 care about randomness.
 

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* Random State Initialization
* Random State Seeding
* Random State Miscellaneous
 

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