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2 Sep 2024 20:17:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spiral pattern with uniform angular density  
From: Ken
Date: 23 Jul 1999 06:43:44
Message: <379846D9.CF7DFFB@pacbell.net>
Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> : What is the purpose of using rand in this declare ?
> 
> : ---> #declare minphi= -pi + dphi*rand(R)*.5;
> 
>   It has no purpose. I didn't know what to put there (1? 0? 0.5? something
> else?) so I just replicated it from the C code.
>   I tried substituting it with '1', but saw no difference.
>   I think Nathan can answer to this question.

After thinking about it it is probably for his jitter function... Nathan ?

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Ken Tyler
  
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