Struct rand::distributions::UnitSphereSurface

pub struct UnitSphereSurface;

👎Deprecated since 0.7.0: moved to rand_distr crate

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

Implemented via a method by Marsaglia¹.

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

Implementations

impl UnitSphereSurface

pub fn new() -> UnitSphereSurface

Construct a new UnitSphereSurface distribution.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for UnitSphereSurface

fn clone(&self) -> UnitSphereSurface

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for UnitSphereSurface

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Distribution<[f64; 3]> for UnitSphereSurface

fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> [f64; 3]

Generate a random value of T, using rng as the source of randomness.

fn sample_iter<R>(self, rng: R) -> DistIter<Self, R, T> where R: Rng, Self: Sized,

Create an iterator that generates random values of T, using rng as the source of randomness.

impl Copy for UnitSphereSurface