> the middle-square method is a method of generating pseudorandom numbers > The book The Broken Dice by Ivar Ekeland gives an extended account of how the metho

> the middle-square method is a method of generating pseudorandom numbers > The book The Broken Dice by Ivar Ekeland gives an extended account of how the method was invented by a Franciscan friar known only as Brother Edvin sometime between 1240 and 1250.[3] Supposedly, the manuscript is now lost, but Jorge Luis Borges sent Ekeland a copy that he made at the Vatican Library. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-square_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-square_method