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Re:Random Points on a Sphere by xtacy on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:34AM (#9444645)
Something doesn't add up in your observation. (x,y,z) can't all be uniformly distributed in [-1,1] because of the constraint x^2+y^2+z^2=1.
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Re:Random Points on a Sphere by kasdkashdkas on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:37AM (#9444660)
They are only individually distributed uniformly in [-1,1], not jointly.
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