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Re: Simple random number generator?
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Dec 26, 2012 2:38 PM
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In sci.math message <r2bkd85ld4bhfah8oq709ctsrnt6gukvmo@4ax.com>, Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:00:53, Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> posted:
>If radioactive decay is random, how are we able to govern the rate of >decay in a reactor?
A nuclear reactor does not work by radioactive decay; radioactive decay occurs as a side-effect.
YWII.
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