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Use uniform-envelope rejection sampling for a beta distribution. Put $r(x)=x^{a-1}(1-x{)}^{b-1}$ for $0<x<1$ and choose $M=\sup r$. For $a,b>1$, differentiation of $\log r$ gives the mode $(a-1)/(a+b-2)$, soIf $a=1$ or $b=1$, take $M=1$; this also covers $a=b=1$. Draw $X=U_{2j-1}$ and accept it ifOtherwise continue with the next independent pair. The probability of acceptance is ${\int }_0^{1}r(x)dx/M=B(a,b)/M>0$, so the procedure terminates almost surely. Conditional on acceptance, the probability density function is proportional to $r(x)$, hence is exactly the beta distribution of parameters $a,b$. The restriction $a,b\ge 1$ guarantees the bounded uniform envelope.