UnitSphereRandomVectorGenerator.java

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package org.hipparchus.random;

import org.hipparchus.util.FastMath;


/**
 * Generate random vectors isotropically located on the surface of a sphere.
 */
public class UnitSphereRandomVectorGenerator
    implements RandomVectorGenerator {

    /** RNG used for generating the individual components of the vectors. */
    private final RandomGenerator rand;
    /** Space dimension. */
    private final int dimension;

    /** Simple constructor.
     * @param dimension Space dimension.
     * @param rand RNG for the individual components of the vectors.
     */
    public UnitSphereRandomVectorGenerator(final int dimension,
                                           final RandomGenerator rand) {
        this.dimension = dimension;
        this.rand = rand;
    }

    /**
     * Create an object that will use a default RNG ({@link MersenneTwister}),
     * in order to generate the individual components.
     *
     * @param dimension Space dimension.
     */
    public UnitSphereRandomVectorGenerator(final int dimension) {
        this(dimension, new MersenneTwister());
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public double[] nextVector() {
        final double[] v = new double[dimension];

        // See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SpherePointPicking.html for example.
        // Pick a point by choosing a standard Gaussian for each element, and then
        // normalizing to unit length.
        double normSq = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < dimension; i++) {
            final double comp = rand.nextGaussian();
            v[i] = comp;
            normSq += comp * comp;
        }

        final double f = 1 / FastMath.sqrt(normSq);
        for (int i = 0; i < dimension; i++) {
            v[i] *= f;
        }

        return v;
    }
}