fibonaccisphere

Distributes n points on a sphere in a relatively even fashion following the generalised Fibonacci algorithm, described at http://extremelearning.com.au/evenly-distributing-points-on-a-sphere/

Collection of routines for efficient scientific computations in physics and astrophysics. These routines include utility functions, numerical computation tools, as well as visualisation tools. They can be used, for example, for generating random numbers from spherical and custom distributions, information and entropy analysis, special Fourier transforms, two-point correlation estimation (e.g. as in Landy & Szalay (1993) <doi:10.1086/172900>), binning & gridding of point sets, 2D interpolation, Monte Carlo integration, vector arithmetic and coordinate transformations. Also included is a non-exhaustive list of important constants and cosmological conversion functions. The graphics routines can be used to produce and export publication-ready scientific plots and movies, e.g. as used in Obreschkow et al. (2020, MNRAS Vol 493, Issue 3, Pages 4551–4569). These routines include special color scales, projection functions, and bitmap handling routines.

Danail Obreschkow

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fibonaccisphere function

<dl><dt>n</dt>
<dd>number of points to be placed on the sphere</dd>
<dt>r</dt>
<dd>radius</dd>
<dt>out.xyz</dt>
<dd>logical flag specifying whether to return Cartesian coordinates (default is TRUE)</dd>
<dt>out.sph</dt>
<dd>logical flag specifying whether to return spherical coordinates (default is FALSE); <code>theta</code>=colatitute (=polar angle=angle from z-axis), <code>phi</code>=longitude (=azimuth angle),</dd></dl>

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Evenly distributed n points on a sphere — fibonaccisphere

<dl>

<dt>n</dt>
<dd>number of points to be placed on the sphere</dd>


<dt>r</dt>
<dd>radius</dd>


<dt>out.xyz</dt>
<dd>logical flag specifying whether to return Cartesian coordinates (default is TRUE)</dd>


<dt>out.sph</dt>
<dd>logical flag specifying whether to return spherical coordinates (default is FALSE); <code>theta</code>=colatitute (=polar angle=angle from z-axis), <code>phi</code>=longitude (=azimuth angle),</dd>

</dl>

fibonaccisphere: Evenly distributed n points on a sphere

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