<div id="comment:0"></div> `random_element` is the standard method that Sage parents provide to produce a random element. As the objects in `interactive_simplex_method` do not use the parent/element framework, we just make it a static method of the class. The existing function `random_dictionary` is kept as an alias. CC: @yuan-zhou @novoselt Component: **linear programming** Author: **Matthias Koeppe** Branch/Commit: **[`a6b7d5c`](https://github.com/sagemath/sagetrac-mirror/commit/a6b7d5c90e9a902c42f1954f5bc967ed3b32fa0f)** Reviewer: **Yuan Zhou** _Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/31307_