OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Periodic with period 10^5.
A generator recommended by Van Es et al. for pocket calculators.
Referred to as "Pocket I" in the literature.
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
A.J. Van Es, R.D. Gill, and C. Van Putten, Random number generators for a pocket calculator, Statistica Neerlandica, 37, 3 (1983), 95-102.
FORMULA
a(n) = (31481 * a(n-1) + 21139) mod 10^5.
MATHEMATICA
NestList[Mod[31481*# + 21139, 10^5] &, 1, 50] (* Paolo Xausa, May 27 2025 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Sean A. Irvine, May 26 2025
STATUS
approved
