A Convenient Method for Generating Normal Variables

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DOI10.1137/1006063zbMath0125.08001OpenAlexW2023439666MaRDI QIDQ5329405

George Marsaglia, T. A. Bray

Publication date: 1964

Published in: SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/1006063




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