Math::random::mt provides an implementation of the mersenne twister pseudorandom number generator algorithm developed by makoto matsumoto and takuji nishimura.

it is related to but a different algorithm than a previous work by the same authors - the tt800 algorithm, which keeps less state data (mt uses 624 numbers compared to tt800's 25). consequently, the period is much larger - 2^19937-1 compared to tt800's 2^800-1. for comparison, isaac's period is 2^8295 values on average.

for more information, peruse m. matsumoto and t. nishimura's paper: .