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Random unit vector generation
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| import random | |
| import math | |
| def random_unit_vector(n): | |
| """Return the components of a random unit vector in 'n' dimensions.""" | |
| result = [random.gauss(0, 1) for i in xrange(n)] | |
| norm = math.sqrt(sum(x**2 for x in result)) | |
| result = [x / norm for x in result] | |
| return result | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| print random_unit_vector(12) |
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