Re:Random Points on a Sphere
by fizbin on Monday April 27, 2015 @09:39AM
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Yes, it is a really weird property of 2-spheres that that holds.
One consequence is that yet another way to pick a point uniformly on the sphere is to choose z ∈ [-1, 1] uniformly, then choose λ ∈ [-180°, 180°) uniformly and use the point
One consequence is that yet another way to pick a point uniformly on the sphere is to choose z ∈ [-1, 1] uniformly, then choose λ ∈ [-180°, 180°) uniformly and use the point