> > Does this help? > > sage: R = RealField(100) > sage: R.random_element(1, 1+1/10^16) > 1.0000000000000000745276341034 > sage: R.random_element(1, 1+1/10^16) > 1.0000000000000000899962307929 > > and so on. Note that if you try to use RR (which is the same as > RealField(53)) you run into the same precision/roundoff problem as you > had before. Hence the need to increase the working precision. > > Also note that R.random_element() can only do uniform distribution, so > if you were hoping for something fancier this won't help. >
thanks everyone, got it. As it happens I know the quantile function so this solution is fine for me. -- Robin Hankin Uncertainty Analyst [email protected] -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
