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pub struct UnitSphereSurface;
👎 Deprecated since 0.7.0:

moved to rand_distr crate

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Samples uniformly from the surface of the unit sphere in three dimensions.

Implemented via a method by Marsaglia1.


  1. Marsaglia, George (1972). Choosing a Point from the Surface of a Sphere. Ann. Math. Statist. 43, no. 2, 645–646. 

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Construct a new UnitSphereSurface distribution.

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