// Copyright 2018-2019 Developers of the Rand project. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. use rand::Rng; use crate::{Distribution, Uniform, uniform::SampleUniform}; use crate::utils::Float; /// Samples uniformly from the surface of the unit sphere in three dimensions. /// /// Implemented via a method by Marsaglia[^1]. /// /// /// # Example /// /// ``` /// use rand_distr::{UnitSphere, Distribution}; /// /// let v: [f64; 3] = UnitSphere.sample(&mut rand::thread_rng()); /// println!("{:?} is from the unit sphere surface.", v) /// ``` /// /// [^1]: Marsaglia, George (1972). [*Choosing a Point from the Surface of a /// Sphere.*](https://doi.org/10.1214/aoms/1177692644) /// Ann. Math. Statist. 43, no. 2, 645--646. #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)] pub struct UnitSphere; impl Distribution<[N; 3]> for UnitSphere { #[inline] fn sample(&self, rng: &mut R) -> [N; 3] { let uniform = Uniform::new(N::from(-1.), N::from(1.)); loop { let (x1, x2) = (uniform.sample(rng), uniform.sample(rng)); let sum = x1*x1 + x2*x2; if sum >= N::from(1.) { continue; } let factor = N::from(2.) * (N::from(1.0) - sum).sqrt(); return [x1 * factor, x2 * factor, N::from(1.) - N::from(2.)*sum]; } } } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { use crate::Distribution; use super::UnitSphere; /// Assert that two numbers are almost equal to each other. /// /// On panic, this macro will print the values of the expressions with their /// debug representations. macro_rules! assert_almost_eq { ($a:expr, $b:expr, $prec:expr) => ( let diff = ($a - $b).abs(); if diff > $prec { panic!(format!( "assertion failed: `abs(left - right) = {:.1e} < {:e}`, \ (left: `{}`, right: `{}`)", diff, $prec, $a, $b)); } ); } #[test] fn norm() { let mut rng = crate::test::rng(1); for _ in 0..1000 { let x: [f64; 3] = UnitSphere.sample(&mut rng); assert_almost_eq!(x[0]*x[0] + x[1]*x[1] + x[2]*x[2], 1., 1e-15); } } #[test] fn value_stability() { let mut rng = crate::test::rng(2); let expected = [ [0.03247542860231647, -0.7830477442152738, 0.6211131755296027], [-0.09978440840914075, 0.9706650829833128, -0.21875184231323952], [0.2735582468624679, 0.9435374242279655, -0.1868234852870203], ]; let samples: [[f64; 3]; 3] = [ UnitSphere.sample(&mut rng), UnitSphere.sample(&mut rng), UnitSphere.sample(&mut rng), ]; assert_eq!(samples, expected); } }