> whilst the mapping (theta, phi) —> (x, y, z) is continuous, it isn’t uniformly...

		eli_gottlieb on March 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to generate uniformly random points on n-spher... > whilst the mapping (theta, phi) —> (x, y, z) is continuous, it isn’t uniformly so… or something like that. The term is "measure preserving". The mapping is continuous but it doesn't preserve the length of intervals projected through it.

Yes. That seems close to what I was looking for. Thanks.