Talk:Constrained random points on a circle: Difference between revisions

(→‎Uniform distribution: polar coordinates are not necessarily an error.)
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:: Using a polar coordinate system isn't by itself an error. Using an uniform distribution for the radial coordinate is, however. --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 16:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
 
::: theta=rand() should be fine, but I'm having a mental block figuring out what to multiply r by to fix its distribution. atan(r)? --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 18:02, 3 September 2010 (UTC)