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Generates evenly distributed points on the surface of a sphere
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| """ | |
| To generate 'num' points on a sphere of radius 'r' centred on the origin | |
| - Random placement involves randomly chosen points for 'z' and 'phi' | |
| - Regular placement involves chosing points such that there one point per d_area | |
| References: | |
| Deserno, 2004, How to generate equidistributed points on the surface of a sphere | |
| http://www.cmu.edu/biolphys/deserno/pdf/sphere_equi.pdf | |
| """ |