Abstract

We analyze in detail the probability that sequences of equal length generated by a pseudorandom number generator starting from random points of the state space overlap, providing for the first time an exact result and manageable bounds. While the computation of the probability is almost elementary, the value has been reported erroneously several times in the literature.

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