In this chapter we look further at random number generation and some of the ways you will use random numbers in physics simulations and analysis.

The sections include:

• Random Numbers and Simulations - discusses why the standard uniform or Gaussian random number generators are not suitable to the types of distributions often needed in scientific simulations.
  
  
• Generating Distributions - uses the rejection technique to generate a custom probability distribution as might be needed in an experiment simulation.
  
  
• Histogram Distribution - use a histogram distribution to generate random numbers that follows that distribution.
  
  
• Monte Carlo Integration - this technique applies random sampling to estimate an integral.
  
  
• Exercises