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Python function for generating unbiased direction unit vectors
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| import math | |
| import numpy | |
| def randomvector(n): | |
| components = [numpy.random.normal() for i in range(n)] | |
| r = math.sqrt(sum(x*x for x in components)) | |
| v = [x/r for x in components] | |
| return v |
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