RandFile package for Mathematica for accessing file-based sources of randomness

TL;DR

The RandFile package for Mathematica enables users to access and utilize local file-based sources of randomness, offering an alternative to built-in pseudo-random generators and hardware true random sources.

Contribution

This paper introduces a novel Mathematica package that facilitates using local files as sources of randomness, expanding the options for random data acquisition.

Findings

The package successfully integrates file-based randomness into Mathematica.

It provides a comparison showing advantages over other randomness sources.

The package demonstrates practical usage examples.

Abstract

We present a package for Mathematica computer algebra system which allows the exploitation of local files as sources of random data. We provide the description of the package and illustrate its usage by showing some examples. We also compare the provided functionality with alternative sources of randomness, namely a built-in pseudo-random generator and the package for accessing hardware true random number generators.