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Re: random points!

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  • Subject: [mg80976] Re: [mg80892] random points!
  • From: "Ricardo Samad" <resamad at gmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 05:39:14 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <200709050646.CAA26069@smc.vnet.net>

Dear Dimitris,

you can do the following:

define variables, with Rho being the radius of the circle to be filled:

npts = 300;
ptsize = 0.012
\[Rho] = 0.55;

generate a table with aleatory x coordinates for each point:

px = Table[RandomReal[{-\[Rho], \[Rho]}], {i, 1, npts}];

generate a point table with the y coordinate bounded by the circle conditio=
n
(Rho^2=x^2+y^2) for each point x coordinate, times a random value

randpoints =
  Graphics[Table[{PointSize[ptsize],
     Point[{px[[i]], Sqrt[\[Rho]^2 - px[[i]]^2] RandomReal[-1]}]}, {i,
      1, npts}]];

you may have to tune the ptsize and Rho values to obtain a nice boundary.

Ricardo





On 9/5/07, dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I have the following drawing
> (it is just a part of a bigger figure...)
>
> In[125]:=
> surface = Graphics[{Thickness[0.0079], Line[{{-3.1, 0}, {3, 0}}]}];
> halfcir = Graphics[{Thickness[0.0079], Circle[{0, 0}, 0.6, {Pi,
> 2*Pi}]}];
> randpoints = Table[Graphics[{PointSize[0.012], Point[{Random[Real,
> {-0.42, 0.42}], Random[Real, {-0.01, -0.47}]}]}], {300}];
> Show[surface, halfcir, randpoints, AspectRatio -> Automatic];
>
> How can I add as much points as possible inside the half-circle
> (so that there are not so big white regions as in the previous
> drawing)
> assuring that they are not situated outside it?
>
> I think something has to be modified for randpoints above in order to
> be included
> a rule but currently I can't think sth.
>
> Thanks
> Dimitris
>
>
>


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