Re: [Boost-users] [math/stat] generating t-distributed random numbers

22 Jan 2016

      U.Mutlu wrote on 01/22/2016 11:06 PM:
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Hi,
I've an old code that creates a normal-distributed random number
between 0 and 1 (by using the polar method).
Is it possible to convert this number to a t-distributed number (with v=5)
using boost?
Or, alternatively: how to generate t-distributed random numbers
in the range 0 to 1 with v=5 (ie. degrees of freedom = 5) in boost?
Update/fix:

Actually the return value is not between 0 and 1, but rather
the distribution value, ie. a z-value around 0.

I found the following example on the net; I think it should suffice
for my needs:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/random/student_t_distribution/