首先，我在1点上移动ramdom5() 6次，得到7个随机数。 其次，将7个数相加得到公和。 第三，除法的余数是7。 最后加1，得到从1到7的结果。 这个方法给出了在1到7的范围内获得数字的相等概率，除了1。1的概率略高。

public int random7(){
    Random random = new Random();
    //function (1 + random.nextInt(5)) is given
    int random1_5 = 1 + random.nextInt(5); // 1,2,3,4,5
    int random2_6 = 2 + random.nextInt(5); // 2,3,4,5,6
    int random3_7 = 3 + random.nextInt(5); // 3,4,5,6,7
    int random4_8 = 4 + random.nextInt(5); // 4,5,6,7,8
    int random5_9 = 5 + random.nextInt(5); // 5,6,7,8,9
    int random6_10 = 6 + random.nextInt(5); //6,7,8,9,10
    int random7_11 = 7 + random.nextInt(5); //7,8,9,10,11

    //sumOfRandoms is between 28 and 56
    int sumOfRandoms = random1_5 + random2_6 + random3_7 + 
                       random4_8 + random5_9 + random6_10 + random7_11;
    //result is number between 0 and 6, and
    //equals 0 if sumOfRandoms = 28 or 35 or 42 or 49 or 56 , 5 options
    //equals 1 if sumOfRandoms = 29 or 36 or 43 or 50, 4 options
    //equals 2 if sumOfRandoms = 30 or 37 or 44 or 51, 4 options
    //equals 3 if sumOfRandoms = 31 or 38 or 45 or 52, 4 options
    //equals 4 if sumOfRandoms = 32 or 39 or 46 or 53, 4 options
    //equals 5 if sumOfRandoms = 33 or 40 or 47 or 54, 4 options
    //equals 6 if sumOfRandoms = 34 or 41 or 48 or 55, 4 options
    //It means that the probabilities of getting numbers between 0 and 6 are almost equal.
    int result = sumOfRandoms % 7;
    //we should add 1 to move the interval [0,6] to the interval [1,7]
    return 1 + result;
}

int rand7()
{
    int zero_one_or_two = ( rand5() + rand5() - 1 ) % 3 ;
    return rand5() + zero_one_or_two ;
}

为什么这行不通?除了对rand5()的额外调用之外?

i = rand5() + rand5() + (rand5() - 1) //Random number between 1 and 14

i = i % 7 + 1;

下面是Adam回答的Python实现。

import random

def rand5():
    return random.randint(1, 5)

def rand7():
    while True:
        r = 5 * (rand5() - 1) + rand5()
        #r is now uniformly random between 1 and 25
        if (r <= 21):
            break
    #result is now uniformly random between 1 and 7
    return r % 7 + 1

我喜欢把我正在研究的算法扔进Python，这样我就可以摆弄它们，我想我把它贴在这里，希望它对外面的人有用，而不是花很长时间来拼凑。

def rand5():
    return random.randint(1,5)    #return random integers from 1 to 5

def rand7():
    rand = rand5()+rand5()-1
    if rand > 7:                  #if numbers > 7, call rand7() again
        return rand7()
    print rand%7 + 1

我想这将是最简单的解决方案，但到处都有人建议5*rand5() + rand5() - 5，如http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/generate-integer-from-1-to-7-with-equal-probability/。 有人能解释一下rand5()+rand5()-1有什么问题吗

我首先想到的是这个。但我不知道它是否均匀分布。 在python中实现

进口随机 def rand5 (): 返回random.randint(1、5) def rand7 (): 返回((rand5() -1) * rand5()) %7)+1