Period
The sequence must have after finitely many steps and since the next element depends only on its direct predecessor also etc. The maximum length that the period T for a function modulo q can have is T=q. If the polynomial (polynomial ring over ) is primitive, then the sequence will have the maximum length. Such polynomials are called inversive maximal period (IMP) polynomials. The sufficient condition for maximum sequence period is a proper choice of parameters a and c according to the algorithm described in. Eichenauer-Herrmann, Lehn, Grothe and Niederreiter have shown that inversive congruential generators have good uniformity properties, in particular with regard to lattice structure and serial correlations.
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