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+/* -*-c-*-
+ *
+ * $Id: maurer.h,v 1.1 2000/06/17 11:29:49 mdw Exp $
+ *
+ * Maurer's universal statistical test
+ *
+ * (c) 2000 Straylight/Edgeware
+ */
+
+/*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------* 
+ *
+ * This file is part of Catacomb.
+ *
+ * Catacomb is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * Catacomb is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with Catacomb; if not, write to the Free
+ * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
+ *
+ * $Log: maurer.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.1  2000/06/17 11:29:49  mdw
+ * Maurer's universal statistical test.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef CATACOMB_MAURER_H
+#define CATACOMB_MAURER_H
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+  extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include <mLib/bits.h>
+
+/*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/* --- @maurer@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments:	@const octet *p@ = pointer to a buffer of data
+ *		@size_t sz@ = size of the buffer
+ *		@unsigned l@ = number of bits to take at a time
+ *
+ * Returns:	The statistic %$Z_u = (X_u - \mu)/\sigma$%, which should be
+ *		normally distributed with a mean of zero and standard
+ *		deviation of 1.
+ *
+ * Use:		Performs Maurer's universal statistical test on a buffer of
+ *		data.  You must ensure that the buffer size @sz@ is larger
+ *		than %$11 l \cdot 2^l$% bits long, and ideally much larger.
+ *
+ *		Note that, under Unix systems, this function requires the
+ *		maths library.
+ */
+
+extern double maurer(const octet */*p*/, size_t /*sz*/, unsigned /*l*/);
+
+/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+  }
+#endif
+
+#endif