Commit a933f6a5 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Fix vonmisesvariate() -- it now returns an angle between 0 and *two*

times pi.  Got rid of $math$ here and in one other place.
parent 9a34523e
......@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Returned values will range between 0 and 1.
Circular uniform distribution. \var{mean} is the mean angle, and
\var{arc} is the range of the distribution, centered around the mean
angle. Both values must be expressed in radians, and can range
between 0 and $\pi$. Returned values will range between
between 0 and pi. Returned values will range between
\code{\var{mean} - \var{arc}/2} and \code{\var{mean} + \var{arc}/2}.
\end{funcdesc}
......@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ standard deviation.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{vonmisesvariate}{mu, kappa}
\var{mu} is the mean angle, expressed in radians between 0 and pi,
\var{mu} is the mean angle, expressed in radians between 0 and 2*pi,
and \var{kappa} is the concentration parameter, which must be greater
then or equal to zero. If \var{kappa} is equal to zero, this
than or equal to zero. If \var{kappa} is equal to zero, this
distribution reduces to a uniform random angle over the range 0 to
$2\pi$.
2*pi.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{paretovariate}{alpha}
......
......@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Returned values will range between 0 and 1.
Circular uniform distribution. \var{mean} is the mean angle, and
\var{arc} is the range of the distribution, centered around the mean
angle. Both values must be expressed in radians, and can range
between 0 and $\pi$. Returned values will range between
between 0 and pi. Returned values will range between
\code{\var{mean} - \var{arc}/2} and \code{\var{mean} + \var{arc}/2}.
\end{funcdesc}
......@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ standard deviation.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{vonmisesvariate}{mu, kappa}
\var{mu} is the mean angle, expressed in radians between 0 and pi,
\var{mu} is the mean angle, expressed in radians between 0 and 2*pi,
and \var{kappa} is the concentration parameter, which must be greater
then or equal to zero. If \var{kappa} is equal to zero, this
than or equal to zero. If \var{kappa} is equal to zero, this
distribution reduces to a uniform random angle over the range 0 to
$2\pi$.
2*pi.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{paretovariate}{alpha}
......
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