Pseudo-random Number Generation
The expansion of the reciprocal 1/q in any base can also act as a source of pseudo-random numbers, if q is a "suitable" safe prime, a prime of the form 2p + 1 where p is also a prime. A sequence of pseudo-random numbers of length q − 1 will be produced by the expansion.
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