Subject: How to select uniform random points on a sphere Path: you!your-host!walldrug!prime-radiant!computer!hal9000!plovergw!plovervax!shitpost!mjd Date: 2023-02-09T11:53:31 Newsgroup: misc.misc.random-sphere-points Message-ID: <54a13994fac280f9@shitpost.plover.com> Content-Type: text/shitpost
Select !!x, y, !! and !!z!! uniformly at random. Then discard the
selection and start over unless
!!x^2+y^2+z^2=1!!.