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5 Jul 2024 12:29:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gaussian random numbers  
From: Warp
Date: 1 Jul 2001 13:50:16
Message: <3b3f62d7@news.povray.org>
Reusser <reu### [at] chorusnet> wrote:
:   sqrt(-2*log(rand(RSR))/log(e))*cos(2*pi*rand(RSR))

  Isn't log(e) equal to 1?

-- 
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}//                     - Warp -


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