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Random Number Generators by Peter Alfred, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah.
http://www.math.utah.edu/~pa/Random/Random.html
Basic information on random number generators. This site also has an applet similar to the pseudorandom point generator featured in this tutorial.

Article on random number generators by Wikipedia contributors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_generator
Contains background info on random number generators and links to related articles.

Theory and Practice of Random Number Generation by Peter Hellekalek, Department of Mathematics, University of Salzburg.
http://random.mat.sbg.ac.at/
A page devoted to generators of random numbers. Includes discussion of various generators, extensive links, code for random number generation, and more.

Mersenne Twister Home Page by Makoto Matsumoto, Department of Mathematics, Hiroshima University
http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html
Official website of the Mersenne Twister, a PRNG with a period of 2^19937-1.

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