Message-ID: <877kidqjz6.fsf@jeeves.blindglobe.net>
Date: 2002-08-26T23:27:25Z
From: A.J. Rossini
Subject: Random unit vectors in R^{n}
In-Reply-To: <73D624FECBBAF6459BB60437FF7C02FB06D27A@nsabpmail>
>>>>> "tom" == Tom Richards <Richards> writes:
tom> Hello: Can you tell me if there's a simple way to generate in
tom> R random vectors on the unit sphere in R^{n}? Additionally,
tom> are there references for this question? Thanks in advance.
I suspect that you can generate them in R^n and then scale? (i.e.
use (x/|x|) ).
best,
-tony
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