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Python function for generating unbiased direction unit vectors
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randomvector.py
import math
import numpy
def randomvector(n):
components = [numpy.random.normal() for i in range(n)]
r = math.sqrt(sum(x*x for x in components))
v = [x/r for x in components]
return v
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