A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.10STPE
The “random” parts of the algorithm in Self-Test Problem 6.9 &1 can be written in terms of the generated values of a sequence of independent uniform (0, 1) random variables, known as random numbers. With [x] defined as the largest integer less than or equal to x, the first step can be written as follows:
Step 1. Generate a uniform (0, 1) random variable U. Let
a. Explain why the above is equivalent to step I of Problem 6.8.
Hint: What is the
b. Write the remaining steps of the algorithm in a similar style.
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