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Re: gsl_rand_dir_3d

From: Stuart O Anderson <soa at andrew dot cmu dot edu>
To: gsl-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:00:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: gsl_rand_dir_3d
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0308040910060.18881-100000@yks.lanl.gov><Pine.LNX.4.55L-032.0308041512040.7479@unix45.andrew.cmu.edu><20030804194812.GA20707@luneutron.dept.lehigh.edu>

Thanks for the suggestion, personally I went the easy route and just
extended the 2D non-trig algorithm to 3D, although your method is more
elegant.

>   dA = sin(theta) dtheta dphi
dA = r sin(theta) dtheta r dphi (but then we're talking about unit
spheres, so it doesn't really matter.)

Stuart

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