Stackoverflow answer to question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70558962/four-numbers-each-from-1-to-1-that-sum-up-to-1

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Four numbers each from -1 to 1 that sum up to 1

You can use Python's combination with replacement method.

from itertools import combinations_with_replacement
import csv

def get_four_numbers(target_sum=100):
    result = []
    ar = list(range(-100, 101, 1))
    for quadruplet in combinations_with_replacement(ar, 4):
        if sum(quadruplet) == target_sum:
            result.append([i / 100.0 for i in quadruplet])
    return result

if __name__ == "__main__":
    with open("output.csv", "w") as output_file:
        csv_writer = csv.writer(output_file)
        csv_writer.writerows(get_four_numbers())

Output from output.csv (truncated due to filesize):

-1.0,0.0,1.0,1.0
-1.0,0.01,0.99,1.0
-1.0,0.02,0.98,1.0
-1.0,0.02,0.99,0.99
-1.0,0.03,0.97,1.0
-1.0,0.03,0.98,0.99
-1.0,0.04,0.96,1.0
.....

References:

• combination with replacement method