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Re:Random Points on a Sphere by dietrichepp on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:41AM (#9444673)
That would lead to the distribution being non-uniform: there would be more points in the corners of the cube.
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Re:Random Points on a Sphere by reitzensteinm on Monday April 27, 2015 @03:28AM (#9444816)
Ah, of course. To visualize it, the distance between the center and the surface of the shape would be proportional to the probability of that vector being selected after normalization. Thanks!
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