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 # RandomIterator
 
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-Iterator library for lazy calculation and parallel access of counter-based random numbers.  
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 at the Zentrum für Datenverarbeitung of the University of Tübingen, the state of Baden-
 Württemberg through bwHPC and the German Research Foundation (DFG) through grant
 no. INST 37/935-1 FUGG.
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