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-rw-r--r--numpy/random/mtrand/randomkit.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/random/mtrand/randomkit.c b/numpy/random/mtrand/randomkit.c
index 380917180..6371ebe33 100644
--- a/numpy/random/mtrand/randomkit.c
+++ b/numpy/random/mtrand/randomkit.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ rk_gauss(rk_state *state)
}
while (r2 >= 1.0 || r2 == 0.0);
- /* Box-Muller transform */
+ /* Polar method, a more efficient version of the Box-Muller approach. */
f = sqrt(-2.0*log(r2)/r2);
/* Keep for next call */
state->gauss = f*x1;