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Sampling from von Mises Fisher yields NaN #1423

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This happens when the mean direction unit vector μ is along the x-axis. For instance:

julia> vMF = VonMisesFisher([1, 0], 1.0)
VonMisesFisher{Float64}(μ=[1.0, 0.0], κ=1.0)
julia> rand(vMF)
2-element Vector{Float64}:
 NaN
 NaN

This problem seems to persist in higher dimensions.

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