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throwaway313213
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throwaway313213
8y ago
This is similar to the method used for generating random numbers using Box-Muller transform. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box%E2%80%93Muller_transform
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throwaway313213
8y ago
Importance sampling works when you're interested in some linear function[al] of the distribution; not for actual sampling.