Fix links and improve clarity in PRNG documentation

[partev]

fix URL redirects

http://www.thesalmons.org/john/random123/papers/random123sc11.pdf -> https://thesalmons.org/john/random123/papers/random123sc11.pdf

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request focuses on maintaining the accuracy and reliability of the project's documentation by updating a critical external reference. Specifically, it addresses a broken link within the PRNG documentation, ensuring that users can seamlessly access the referenced research paper without encountering redirect errors or insecure connections.

Highlights

• Documentation Update: Updated an external link in the PRNG documentation from HTTP to HTTPS to resolve a redirect issue and ensure the link remains functional and secure.

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Code Review

This pull request correctly updates several HTTP links to HTTPS in the PRNG documentation, which is a good improvement for security and to avoid redirects. I've added a few suggestions to update another link to its more persistent DOI version.

While this PR focuses on documentation, I noticed that jax/random.py also contains http://www.thesalmons.org links that could be updated in a follow-up.

The changes in this PR are good. LGTM once the suggestions are addressed.

[jakevdp]

As long as you're regularizing URLs here, would you be willing to make the fixes suggested by the review bot?

[partev]

As long as you're regularizing URLs here, would you be willing to make the fixes suggested by the review bot?

Yes, I will do later today

[partev]

As long as you're regularizing URLs here, would you be willing to make the fixes suggested by the review bot?

@jakevdp I made the 3 proposed changes. The actual proposed changes were linking to a dead link, but I used the correct URL redirect.