Problem Statement

Generate a collection filled with   1000   normally distributed random (or pseudo-random) numbers with a mean of   1.0   and a   standard deviation   of   0.5 Many libraries only generate uniformly distributed random numbers. If so, you may use one of these algorithms.

Let's start with the solution:

func random_normal(count) {
   return sqrt(-2*log(random(count))) * cos(2*pi*random(count));
}