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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/rand.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/rand.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rand.c b/lib/rand.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16aeba4 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/rand.c @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ + +#include "fracture.h" + +long double rand_dist_pow(const gsl_rng *r, double beta) { + long double x = 0; + + // underflow means that for very small beta x is sometimes identically zero, + // which causes problems + while (x == 0.0) { + long double y = logl(gsl_rng_uniform_pos(r)) / beta; + x = expl(y); + } + + return x; +} |