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VFP Monad Research
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19/01/2009 11:25:26
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Visual FoxPro
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>I use an algorithm that manipulate monads.
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>I begin with 50+ randomly placed monads.
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>They always seem to break into groups of two.
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>The rules, the initial conditions, and some of the results I've gotten are accessible here:
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>http://cloudmusiccompany.com/science/research.htm
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>My question is, why do the monads split into clusters of two?

My gut reaction is that it's a byproduct of VFP's implementation of RAND. It would be interesting to see this redone with a cryptographic random number (which should normally be evenly distributed on a graph if it's truly random) vs. VFP's version.
-Paul

RCS Solutions, Inc.
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