Question

I mean the standard (?) random generator in .net /c#

Random random = new Random(seed);
random.next();

I know there are tens or hundreds of methods in literature, but I cannot find out which one the .net framework uses currently?

Reason for asking question: if I draw a LOT of random variables, will I ever return to the same sequence. I know some RNG have this undesirable property.

Answer 1

Pseudo-random numbers are chosen with equal probability from a finite
set of numbers. The chosen numbers are not completely random because a
definite mathematical algorithm is used to select them, but they are
sufficiently random for practical purposes. The current implementation
of the Random class is based on a modified version of Donald E.
Knuth’s subtractive random number generator algorithm. For more
information, see D. E. Knuth. “The Art of Computer Programming, volume
2: Seminumerical Algorithms”. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, second
edition, 1981.

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