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Plot uniform points on sphere's surface
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import numpy as np | |
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt | |
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D | |
n = 5000 | |
r = 1 | |
pos_neg = [1, -1] | |
xs, ys, zs = np.zeros(n), np.zeros(n), np.zeros(n) | |
for i in range(n): | |
ind = np.random.randint(0,2) | |
theta = np.random.rand()*2*np.pi | |
cos_phi = 2.0*(np.random.rand()-0.5) | |
sin_phi = np.sqrt(1-cos_phi**2)*pos_neg[ind] | |
x = r*sin_phi*np.cos(theta) | |
y = r*sin_phi*np.sin(theta) | |
z = r*cos_phi | |
xs[i], ys[i], zs[i] = x, y, z | |
fig = plt.figure() | |
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d') | |
ax.scatter(xs, ys, zs, c='m', s=1) | |
ax.set_xlabel('x') | |
ax.set_ylabel('y') | |
ax.set_zlabel('z') | |
plt.show() |
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