utilities.lattice_generators

A file to contain different kinds of lattice generation algorithms.

Module Contents

Functions

fibonacci_sphere(→ numpy.ndarray)

Generate a very even lattice of points on a 3d sphere using the fibonacci sphere

utilities.lattice_generators.fibonacci_sphere(samples: int = 1000) → numpy.ndarray

Generate a very even lattice of points on a 3d sphere using the fibonacci sphere or fibonacci spiral algorithm.

Parameters:

samples (int, optional) – Number of points to be generated. Defaults to 1000.

Returns:

The lattice of points as a 2-D (samples, 3) numpy array.

Return type:

np.ndarray