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5 Jul 2024 12:16:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gaussian random numbers  
From: Reusser
Date: 30 Jun 2001 21:49:43
Message: <3B3E8090.9F571E79@chorus.net>
Reusser wrote:

>
> #declare e = 2.718281828459;
> #macro gauss(RSR)
>   sqrt(-2*log(rand(RSR))/log(e))*cos(2*pi*rand(RSR))
> #end

Oh yeah, in case you didn't figure it out, you have to define a seed like
this:

#declare S = seed(2003);
#declare random_number = gauss(S);


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