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/**

\class TRandom

@ingroup Random

This is the base class for the ROOT Random number generators. 
This class defines the ROOT Random number interface and it should not be instantiated directly but used via its derived classes 
The derived class are : 
- TRandom1  based on the RANLUX algorithm, has mathematically proven random proprieties
  and a period of about 10**171. It is however slower than the others.
- TRandom2  is based on the Tausworthe generator of L'Ecuyer, and it has the advantage
of being fast and using only 3 words (of 32 bits) for the state. The period is 10**26.
- TRandom3  is based on the "Mersenne Twister generator", and is currently the recommended one,
since it has quite good random proprieties (period of about 10**6000 ) and it is fast. However it 
fails some of the tests of the TestU)1 suite. In addition this generator provide only random number with 
32 bits random. 
- Generator based on the template TRandomGen<Engine> class.  Convenient typedef's, available also at the ROOT prompts, are 
  defined for generator of the MIXMAX family (see the <a href="https://mixmax.hepforge.org">MIXMAX HEPFORGE Web page</a>) and based on ROOT::Math::MixMaxEngine, 
  and for the random engines from the standard library, based on ROOT::Math::StdEngine 
(see the C++ <a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/random/">random</a> documentation.).
  The typdefs are: 
   - ::TRandomMixMax : MIXMAX generator based on a state of N=240.  This generator provides 61 bits random with a very large period (10**4839)
   - ::TRandomMixMax17 :  MIXMAX generator based on a state of N=17. This generator has a fast seeding time
   compared to N=240, but still a very large period (10**294)
   - ::TRandomMixMax256 :  MIXMAX generator based on a state of N=256. It is the generator described in the 
        <a  href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.5355">2015 paper</a>
        (based on a matrix with m=0 and special number s=-1), but with skipping to have higher randomness.
   - ::TRandomMT64   :  Generator based on a the Mersenne-Twister generator with 64 bits, 
  using the implementation provided by the standard library ( <a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/random/mt19937_64/">std::mt19937_64</a> )
   - ::TRandomRanlux48 : Generator based on a the RanLux generator with 48 bits, 
  using the implementation provided by the standard library (<a href="http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/random/ranlux48/">std::ranlux48</a>).

Note also that this class implements also a very simple generator (linear congruential) with periodicity = 10**9
which is known to have defects (the lower random bits are correlated)
and therefore should NOT be used in any statistical study.

The following table shows some timings (in nanoseconds/call)
for the random numbers obtained using a 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU:


-   TRandom            3   ns/call     (but this is a very BAD Generator, not to be used)
-   TRandom1          82   ns/call
-   TRandom2           7   ns/call
-   TRandom3           5   ns/call
-   ::TRandomMixMax      6   ns/call
-   ::TRandomMixMax17    6   ns/call
-   ::TRandomMixMax256  10   ns/call
-   ::TRandomMT64        9   ns/call
-   ::TRandomRanlux48  270  ns/call

The following methods are provided to generate random numbers disctributed according to some basic distributions:

- `::Exp(tau)`
- `::Integer(imax)`
- `::Gaus(mean,sigma)`
- `::Rndm()`
- `::Uniform(x1)`
- `::Landau(mpv,sigma)`
- `::Poisson(mean)`
- `::Binomial(ntot,prob)`

Random numbers distributed according to 1-d, 2-d or 3-d distributions contained in TF1, TF2 or TF3 objects can also be generated. 
For example, to get a random number distributed following abs(sin(x)/x)*sqrt(x)
you can do :
\code{.cpp}
  TF1 *f1 = new TF1("f1","abs(sin(x)/x)*sqrt(x)",0,10);
  double r = f1->GetRandom();
\endcode
or you can use the UNURAN package. You need in this case to initialize UNURAN
to the function you would like to generate.
\code{.cpp}
  TUnuran u;
  u.Init(TUnuranDistrCont(f1));
  double r = u.Sample();
\endcode

The techniques of using directly a TF1,2 or 3 function is powerful and
can be used to generate numbers in the defined range of the function.
Getting a number from a TF1,2,3 function is also quite fast.
UNURAN is a  powerful and flexible tool which containes various methods for
generate random numbers for continuous distributions of one and multi-dimension.
It requires some set-up (initialization) phase and can be very fast when the distribution
parameters are not changed for every call.

The following table shows some timings (in nanosecond/call)
for basic functions,  TF1 functions and using UNURAN obtained running
the tutorial math/testrandom.C
Numbers have been obtained on an Intel Xeon Quad-core Harpertown (E5410) 2.33 GHz running
Linux SLC4 64 bit and compiled with gcc 3.4

~~~~
Distribution            nanoseconds/call
                    TRandom  TRandom1 TRandom2 TRandom3
Rndm..............    5.000  105.000    7.000   10.000
RndmArray.........    4.000  104.000    6.000    9.000
Gaus..............   36.000  180.000   40.000   48.000
Rannor............  118.000  220.000  120.000  124.000
Landau............   22.000  123.000   26.000   31.000
Exponential.......   93.000  198.000   98.000  104.000
Binomial(5,0.5)...   30.000  548.000   46.000   65.000
Binomial(15,0.5)..   75.000 1615.000  125.000  178.000
Poisson(3)........   96.000  494.000  109.000  125.000
Poisson(10).......  138.000 1236.000  165.000  203.000
Poisson(70).......  818.000 1195.000  835.000  844.000
Poisson(100)......  837.000 1218.000  849.000  864.000
GausTF1...........   83.000  180.000   87.000   88.000
LandauTF1.........   80.000  180.000   83.000   86.000
GausUNURAN........   40.000  139.000   41.000   44.000
PoissonUNURAN(10).   85.000  271.000   92.000  102.000
PoissonUNURAN(100)   62.000  256.000   69.000   78.000
~~~~

Note that the time to generate a number from an arbitrary TF1 function
using TF1::GetRandom or using TUnuran is  independent of the complexity of the function.

TH1::FillRandom(TH1 *) or TH1::FillRandom(const char *tf1name)
can be used to fill an histogram (1-d, 2-d, 3-d from an existing histogram
or from an existing function.

Note this interesting feature when working with objects.
 You can use several TRandom objects, each with their "independent"
 random sequence. For example, one can imagine
~~~~
    TRandom *eventGenerator = new TRandom();
    TRandom *tracking       = new TRandom();
~~~~
 `eventGenerator` can be used to generate the event kinematics.
 tracking can be used to track the generated particles with random numbers
 independent from eventGenerator.
 This very interesting feature gives the possibility to work with simple
 and very fast random number generators without worrying about
 random number periodicity as it was the case with Fortran.
 One can use TRandom::SetSeed to modify the seed of one generator.

A TRandom object may be written to a Root file

- as part of another object
- or with its own key (example: `gRandom->Write("Random")` )  ;

*/

#include "TROOT.h"
#include "TMath.h"
#include "TRandom.h"
#include "TRandom3.h"
#include "TSystem.h"
#include "TDirectory.h"
#include "Math/QuantFuncMathCore.h"
#include "TUUID.h"

ClassImp(TRandom);

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Default constructor. For seed see SetSeed().

TRandom::TRandom(UInt_t seed): TNamed("Random","Default Random number generator")
{
   SetSeed(seed);
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Default destructor. Can reset gRandom to 0 if gRandom points to this
/// generator.

TRandom::~TRandom()
{
   if (gRandom == this) gRandom = 0;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Generates a random integer N according to the binomial law.
/// Coded from Los Alamos report LA-5061-MS.
///
/// N is binomially distributed between 0 and ntot inclusive
/// with mean prob*ntot and prob is between 0 and 1.
///
/// Note: This function should not be used when ntot is large (say >100).
/// The normal approximation is then recommended instead
/// (with mean =*ntot+0.5 and standard deviation sqrt(ntot*prob*(1-prob)).

Int_t TRandom::Binomial(Int_t ntot, Double_t prob)
{
   if (prob < 0 || prob > 1) return 0;
   Int_t n = 0;
   for (Int_t i=0;i<ntot;i++) {
      if (Rndm() > prob) continue;
      n++;
   }
   return n;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Return a number distributed following a BreitWigner function with mean and gamma.

Double_t TRandom::BreitWigner(Double_t mean, Double_t gamma)
{
   Double_t rval, displ;
   rval = 2*Rndm() - 1;
   displ = 0.5*gamma*TMath::Tan(rval*TMath::PiOver2());

   return (mean+displ);
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Generates random vectors, uniformly distributed over a circle of given radius.
///   Input : r = circle radius
///   Output: x,y a random 2-d vector of length r

void TRandom::Circle(Double_t &x, Double_t &y, Double_t r)
{
   Double_t phi = Uniform(0,TMath::TwoPi());
   x = r*TMath::Cos(phi);
   y = r*TMath::Sin(phi);
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Returns an exponential deviate.
///
///          exp( -t/tau )

Double_t TRandom::Exp(Double_t tau)
{
   Double_t x = Rndm();              // uniform on ] 0, 1 ]
   Double_t t = -tau * TMath::Log( x ); // convert to exponential distribution
   return t;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Samples a random number from the standard Normal (Gaussian) Distribution
/// with the given mean and sigma.
/// Uses the Acceptance-complement ratio from W. Hoermann and G. Derflinger
/// This is one of the fastest existing method for generating normal random variables.
/// It is a factor 2/3 faster than the polar (Box-Muller) method used in the previous
/// version of TRandom::Gaus. The speed is comparable to the Ziggurat method (from Marsaglia)
/// implemented for example in GSL and available in the MathMore library.
///
/// REFERENCE:  - W. Hoermann and G. Derflinger (1990):
///              The ACR Method for generating normal random variables,
///              OR Spektrum 12 (1990), 181-185.
///
/// Implementation taken from
/// UNURAN (c) 2000  W. Hoermann & J. Leydold, Institut f. Statistik, WU Wien

Double_t TRandom::Gaus(Double_t mean, Double_t sigma)
{
   const Double_t kC1 = 1.448242853;
   const Double_t kC2 = 3.307147487;
   const Double_t kC3 = 1.46754004;
   const Double_t kD1 = 1.036467755;
   const Double_t kD2 = 5.295844968;
   const Double_t kD3 = 3.631288474;
   const Double_t kHm = 0.483941449;
   const Double_t kZm = 0.107981933;
   const Double_t kHp = 4.132731354;
   const Double_t kZp = 18.52161694;
   const Double_t kPhln = 0.4515827053;
   const Double_t kHm1 = 0.516058551;
   const Double_t kHp1 = 3.132731354;
   const Double_t kHzm = 0.375959516;
   const Double_t kHzmp = 0.591923442;
   /*zhm 0.967882898*/

   const Double_t kAs = 0.8853395638;
   const Double_t kBs = 0.2452635696;
   const Double_t kCs = 0.2770276848;
   const Double_t kB  = 0.5029324303;
   const Double_t kX0 = 0.4571828819;
   const Double_t kYm = 0.187308492 ;
   const Double_t kS  = 0.7270572718 ;
   const Double_t kT  = 0.03895759111;

   Double_t result;
   Double_t rn,x,y,z;

   do {
      y = Rndm();

      if (y>kHm1) {
         result = kHp*y-kHp1; break; }

      else if (y<kZm) {
         rn = kZp*y-1;
         result = (rn>0) ? (1+rn) : (-1+rn);
         break;
      }

      else if (y<kHm) {
         rn = Rndm();
         rn = rn-1+rn;
         z = (rn>0) ? 2-rn : -2-rn;
         if ((kC1-y)*(kC3+TMath::Abs(z))<kC2) {
            result = z; break; }
         else {
            x = rn*rn;
            if ((y+kD1)*(kD3+x)<kD2) {
               result = rn; break; }
            else if (kHzmp-y<exp(-(z*z+kPhln)/2)) {
               result = z; break; }
            else if (y+kHzm<exp(-(x+kPhln)/2)) {
               result = rn; break; }
         }
      }

      while (1) {
         x = Rndm();
         y = kYm * Rndm();
         z = kX0 - kS*x - y;
         if (z>0)
            rn = 2+y/x;
         else {
            x = 1-x;
            y = kYm-y;
            rn = -(2+y/x);
         }
         if ((y-kAs+x)*(kCs+x)+kBs<0) {
            result = rn; break; }
         else if (y<x+kT)
            if (rn*rn<4*(kB-log(x))) {
               result = rn; break; }
      }
   } while(0);

   return mean + sigma * result;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Returns a random integer on [ 0, imax-1 ].

UInt_t TRandom::Integer(UInt_t imax)
{
   UInt_t ui;
   ui = (UInt_t)(imax*Rndm());
   return ui;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Generate a random number following a Landau distribution
/// with location parameter mu and scale parameter sigma:
///      Landau( (x-mu)/sigma )
/// Note that mu is not the mpv(most probable value) of the Landa distribution
/// and sigma is not the standard deviation of the distribution which is not defined.
/// For mu  =0 and sigma=1, the mpv = -0.22278
///
/// The Landau random number generation is implemented using the
/// function landau_quantile(x,sigma), which provides
/// the inverse of the landau cumulative distribution.
/// landau_quantile has been converted from CERNLIB ranlan(G110).

Double_t TRandom::Landau(Double_t mu, Double_t sigma)
{
   if (sigma <= 0) return 0;
   Double_t x = Rndm();
   Double_t res = mu + ROOT::Math::landau_quantile(x, sigma);
   return res;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Generates a random integer N according to a Poisson law.
/// Prob(N) = exp(-mean)*mean^N/Factorial(N)
///
/// Use a different procedure according to the mean value.
/// The algorithm is the same used by CLHEP.
/// For lower value (mean < 25) use the rejection method based on
/// the exponential.
/// For higher values use a rejection method comparing with a Lorentzian
/// distribution, as suggested by several authors.
/// This routine since is returning 32 bits integer will not work for values
/// larger than 2*10**9.
/// One should then use the Trandom::PoissonD for such large values.

Int_t TRandom::Poisson(Double_t mean)
{
   Int_t n;
   if (mean <= 0) return 0;
   if (mean < 25) {
      Double_t expmean = TMath::Exp(-mean);
      Double_t pir = 1;
      n = -1;
      while(1) {
         n++;
         pir *= Rndm();
         if (pir <= expmean) break;
      }
      return n;
   }
   // for large value we use inversion method
   else if (mean < 1E9) {
      Double_t em, t, y;
      Double_t sq, alxm, g;
      Double_t pi = TMath::Pi();

      sq = TMath::Sqrt(2.0*mean);
      alxm = TMath::Log(mean);
      g = mean*alxm - TMath::LnGamma(mean + 1.0);

      do {
         do {
            y = TMath::Tan(pi*Rndm());
            em = sq*y + mean;
         } while( em < 0.0 );

         em = TMath::Floor(em);
         t = 0.9*(1.0 + y*y)* TMath::Exp(em*alxm - TMath::LnGamma(em + 1.0) - g);
      } while( Rndm() > t );

      return static_cast<Int_t> (em);

   }
   else {
      // use Gaussian approximation vor very large values
      n = Int_t(Gaus(0,1)*TMath::Sqrt(mean) + mean +0.5);
      return n;
   }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Generates a random number according to a Poisson law.
/// Prob(N) = exp(-mean)*mean^N/Factorial(N)
///
/// This function is a variant of TRandom::Poisson returning a double
/// instead of an integer.

Double_t TRandom::PoissonD(Double_t mean)
{
   Int_t n;
   if (mean <= 0) return 0;
   if (mean < 25) {
      Double_t expmean = TMath::Exp(-mean);
      Double_t pir = 1;
      n = -1;
      while(1) {
         n++;
         pir *= Rndm();
         if (pir <= expmean) break;
      }
      return static_cast<Double_t>(n);
   }
   // for large value we use inversion method
   else if (mean < 1E9) {
      Double_t em, t, y;
      Double_t sq, alxm, g;
      Double_t pi = TMath::Pi();

      sq = TMath::Sqrt(2.0*mean);
      alxm = TMath::Log(mean);
      g = mean*alxm - TMath::LnGamma(mean + 1.0);

      do {
         do {
            y = TMath::Tan(pi*Rndm());
            em = sq*y + mean;
         } while( em < 0.0 );

         em = TMath::Floor(em);
         t = 0.9*(1.0 + y*y)* TMath::Exp(em*alxm - TMath::LnGamma(em + 1.0) - g);
      } while( Rndm() > t );

      return em;

   } else {
      // use Gaussian approximation vor very large values
      return Gaus(0,1)*TMath::Sqrt(mean) + mean +0.5;
   }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Return 2 numbers distributed following a gaussian with mean=0 and sigma=1.

void TRandom::Rannor(Float_t &a, Float_t &b)
{
   Double_t r, x, y, z;

   y = Rndm();
   z = Rndm();
   x = z * 6.28318530717958623;
   r = TMath::Sqrt(-2*TMath::Log(y));
   a = (Float_t)(r * TMath::Sin(x));
   b = (Float_t)(r * TMath::Cos(x));
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Return 2 numbers distributed following a gaussian with mean=0 and sigma=1.

void TRandom::Rannor(Double_t &a, Double_t &b)
{
   Double_t r, x, y, z;

   y = Rndm();
   z = Rndm();
   x = z * 6.28318530717958623;
   r = TMath::Sqrt(-2*TMath::Log(y));
   a = r * TMath::Sin(x);
   b = r * TMath::Cos(x);
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Reads saved random generator status from filename.

void TRandom::ReadRandom(const char *filename)
{
   if (!gDirectory) return;
   char *fntmp = gSystem->ExpandPathName(filename);
   TDirectory *file = (TDirectory*)gROOT->ProcessLine(Form("TFile::Open(\"%s\");",fntmp));
   delete [] fntmp;
   if(file && file->GetFile()) {
      gDirectory->ReadTObject(this,GetName());
      delete file;
   }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///  Machine independent random number generator.
///  Based on the BSD Unix (Rand) Linear congrential generator.
///  Produces uniformly-distributed floating points between 0 and 1.
///  Identical sequence on all machines of >= 32 bits.
///  Periodicity = 2**31, generates a number in (0,1).
///  Note that this is a generator which is known to have defects
///  (the lower random bits are correlated) and therefore should NOT be
///  used in any statistical study).

Double_t TRandom::Rndm( )
{
#ifdef OLD_TRANDOM_IMPL
   const Double_t kCONS = 4.6566128730774E-10;
   const Int_t kMASK24  = 2147483392;

   fSeed *= 69069;
   UInt_t jy = (fSeed&kMASK24); // Set lower 8 bits to zero to assure exact float
   if (jy) return kCONS*jy;
   return Rndm();
#endif

   // kCONS = 1./2147483648 = 1./(RAND_MAX+1) and RAND_MAX= 0x7fffffffUL
   const Double_t kCONS = 4.6566128730774E-10; // (1/pow(2,31)
   fSeed = (1103515245 * fSeed + 12345) & 0x7fffffffUL;

   if (fSeed) return  kCONS*fSeed;
   return Rndm();
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Return an array of n random numbers uniformly distributed in ]0,1].

void TRandom::RndmArray(Int_t n, Double_t *array)
{
   const Double_t kCONS = 4.6566128730774E-10; // (1/pow(2,31))
   Int_t i=0;
   while (i<n) {
      fSeed = (1103515245 * fSeed + 12345) & 0x7fffffffUL;
      if (fSeed) {array[i] = kCONS*fSeed; i++;}
   }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Return an array of n random numbers uniformly distributed in ]0,1].

void TRandom::RndmArray(Int_t n, Float_t *array)
{
   const Double_t kCONS = 4.6566128730774E-10; // (1/pow(2,31))
   Int_t i=0;
   while (i<n) {
      fSeed = (1103515245 * fSeed + 12345) & 0x7fffffffUL;
      if (fSeed) {array[i] = Float_t(kCONS*fSeed); i++;}
   }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Set the random generator seed. Note that default value is zero, which is
/// different than the default value used when constructing the class.
/// If the seed is zero the seed is set to a random value
/// which in case of TRandom depends on the lowest 4 bytes of TUUID
/// The UUID will be identical if SetSeed(0) is called with time smaller than 100 ns
/// Instead if a different generator implementation is used (TRandom1, 2 or 3)
/// the seed is generated using a 128 bit UUID. This results in different seeds
/// and then random sequence for every SetSeed(0) call.

void TRandom::SetSeed(ULong_t seed)
{
   if( seed==0 ) {
      TUUID u;
      UChar_t uuid[16];
      u.GetUUID(uuid);
      fSeed  =  UInt_t(uuid[3])*16777216 + UInt_t(uuid[2])*65536 + UInt_t(uuid[1])*256 + UInt_t(uuid[0]);
   } else {
      fSeed = seed;
   }
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Generates random vectors, uniformly distributed over the surface
/// of a sphere of given radius.
///   Input : r = sphere radius
///   Output: x,y,z a random 3-d vector of length r
/// Method: (based on algorithm suggested by Knuth and attributed to Robert E Knop)
///         which uses less random numbers than the CERNLIB RN23DIM algorithm

void TRandom::Sphere(Double_t &x, Double_t &y, Double_t &z, Double_t r)
{
   Double_t a=0,b=0,r2=1;
   while (r2 > 0.25) {
      a  = Rndm() - 0.5;
      b  = Rndm() - 0.5;
      r2 =  a*a + b*b;
   }
   z = r* ( -1. + 8.0 * r2 );

   Double_t scale = 8.0 * r * TMath::Sqrt(0.25 - r2);
   x = a*scale;
   y = b*scale;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Returns a uniform deviate on the interval  (0, x1).

Double_t TRandom::Uniform(Double_t x1)
{
   Double_t ans = Rndm();
   return x1*ans;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Returns a uniform deviate on the interval (x1, x2).

Double_t TRandom::Uniform(Double_t x1, Double_t x2)
{
   Double_t ans= Rndm();
   return x1 + (x2-x1)*ans;
}

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Writes random generator status to filename.

void TRandom::WriteRandom(const char *filename) const
{
   if (!gDirectory) return;
   char *fntmp = gSystem->ExpandPathName(filename);
   TDirectory *file = (TDirectory*)gROOT->ProcessLine(Form("TFile::Open(\"%s\",\"recreate\");",fntmp));
   delete [] fntmp;
   if(file && file->GetFile()) {
      gDirectory->WriteTObject(this,GetName());
      delete file;
   }
}