I think you're right to be concerned. I googled "random points on an ellipse". Among the results were https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/243590/generate-random-points-on-perimeter-of-ellipse/243697?noredirect=1#comment478326_243697 and the first answer here gives the correct solution (using incomplete elliptic integrals): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6972331/how-can-i-generate-a-set-of-points-evenly-distributed-along-the-perimeter-of-an the code is in Python and uses libraries that are not trivial. Brad On 7/16/20 4:14 PM, Arvydas Silanskas wrote: > Yes, that's how I'm picturing implementing it. But what I'm not sure of > is the quality of spacing between the points. Maybe unneededly, if you > say it's ok then it's ok, I just want to confirm you understand my > question. I attach a picture of my concern. > > 2020-07-16, kt, 21:33 Lucier, Bradley J <xxxxxx@purdue.edu > <mailto:xxxxxx@purdue.edu>> rašė: > > Sorry, you meant standard deviation, not variance. > > > On Jul 16, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Lucier, Bradley J <xxxxxx@purdue.edu > <mailto:xxxxxx@purdue.edu>> wrote: > > > > I think you mean sqrt(A), etc. Brad > > > >> On Jul 16, 2020, at 2:14 PM, Linas Vepstas > <xxxxxx@gmail.com <mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> So, if the ellipse major axis lengths are A,B,C... then generate > X,Y,Z with widths A,B,C.. >
