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Let Some Function, Y, be the CDF of and exponential RV and specify lambda to be 0.5


We know that sticking a uniform RV into the inverse of Y and letting this new variable be called D creates an exponential RV D which represents the squared distance to center.

Let Theta be a uniform RV equal to 2pi times the uniform RV from 0 to 1. Thus theta is uniform from 0 to 2pi.

To create a gaussian let

X=sqrt(D)*cos(theta)

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