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Two Probability Distributions (Posted on 2021-06-21) Difficulty: 3 of 5
1. Devise an algorithm to generate uniformly distributed points on the surface of a sphere (i.e., so that no area has a higher expected concentration than any other of the same size). Positions can be referenced by latitude and longitude.

2. Say an event happens at 60 times per hour in a Poisson distribution (say customer arrivals in a store), so averaging also once per minute. Devise an algorithm to generate realistic arrival times for a one-hour period.

Note: Assume what's available is a uniformly distributed random real number generator on the interval (0,1).

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This should work for part 2Jer2021-06-21 09:37:03
A note and solution to 1.Jer2021-06-21 09:19:58
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