uniform_over_sphere

Generate a random uniform sample of points on the unit circle S^1 ⊂ R^2.

Points are uniformly distributed on the surface of the unit circle, meaning they have equal density at every point on the circumference.

Draw Z ~ N(0, I2), then project onto the circle:

• X = Z / ||Z||₂

This produces a rotationally-invariant (uniform) distribution on S^1.

Parameters

• n (int): The number of points to generate.

• seed (int): A seed for the random number generator.

Returns

• SetPoints: Instance with points of shape (n, 2) lying on the unit circle.

Example

import proximitygraphs as pg

pts = pg.SetPoints.uniform_over_sphere(n=200, seed=99)

pts.draw(figsize=(8, 8), v_color='#2ca02c')