/*Create a random number from N(0,1)*/ #include "math.h" double rnorm(int *idum) { static int iset=0; static double gset; double fac, r, v1, v2; double ran1(int *idum); if (iset==0) { do { v1=2.0*ran1(idum)-1.0; v2=2.0*ran1(idum)-1.0; r=v1*v1+v2*v2; }while (r>=1.0 || r==0.0); fac=sqrt(-2.0*log(r)/r); gset=v1*fac; iset=1; return v2*fac; } else { iset=0; return gset; } }