boost.random: improved initialization for mersenne_twister, test vectors

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                     properties</code></a> class, which provides
                     dynamically-typed access to a set of property maps.</li>
 
+                    <li><span class="library"><a href="libs/random/index.html">
+                    Random Numbers</a>:</span> improved initialization for
+                    <code>mersenne_twister</code>, algorithm by Makoto
+                    Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura, implemented for Boost by
+                    Jens Maurer.<br>
+                    <em>Note:</em> All test vectors for
+                    <code>mersenne_twister</code>s constructed or seeded
+                    without parameters or with a single
+                    <code>unsigned int</code> parameter become invalid.</li>
+
                     <li><span class="library"><a href=
                     "libs/range/index.html">Range Library</a>:</span> Minor
                     addition of convenience functions to <code>iterator