MersenneTwister64 Class

public sealed class MersenneTwister64 : RandomSource<BlockGenerator64<MersenneTwister64Engine>>, 
	IRandomSourceFactory<MersenneTwister64>

Public NotInheritable Class MersenneTwister64
	Inherits RandomSource(Of BlockGenerator64(Of MersenneTwister64Engine))
	Implements IRandomSourceFactory(Of MersenneTwister64)

public ref class MersenneTwister64 sealed : public RandomSource<BlockGenerator64<MersenneTwister64Engine>>, 
	IRandomSourceFactory<MersenneTwister64^>

[<SealedAttribute>]
type MersenneTwister64 = 
    class
        inherit RandomSource<BlockGenerator64<MersenneTwister64Engine>>
        interface IRandomSourceFactory<MersenneTwister64>
    end

Inheritance

Object  →  RandomSource<BlockGenerator64<MersenneTwister64Engine>>  →  MersenneTwister64

Implements

IRandomSourceFactory<MersenneTwister64>

Use the MersenneTwister64 class to represent a pseudo-random number generator that uses the 64-bit Mersenne Twister algorithm (MT19937-64) by Takuji Nishimura and Makoto Matsumoto.

This generator has a very long period of 2¹⁹⁹³⁷ - 1 and excellent equidistribution properties. It is widely used in scientific computing and simulations.

The 64-bit version produces different output than the 32-bit MersenneTwister and is optimized for generating 64-bit random numbers.

While MT19937-64 has excellent statistical properties, modern alternatives like Xoshiro256StarStar are typically faster with similar quality.

Seed Profile support:

• Standard (default): Hiroshima University 2004 reference seeding
• CPlusPlus: C++11 std::mt19937_64 compatible seeding

Seed profiles affect only the seeding behavior. The generation algorithm remains MT19937-64.

Reference: Takuji Nishimura and Makoto Matsumoto. "Mersenne Twister: A 623-dimensionally equidistributed uniform pseudo-random number generator." ACM Trans. Model. Comput. Simul. 1998.

Reference