How to verify a uniform distribution on n-sphere

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suppose we have many dots on a unit n-sphere

i suspect that they satisfy the uniform distribution

but how to verify this?
 
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Divide the sphere into many parts & count the no. of dots in each part. If they're roughly equal,the distribution is close to being uniform.
 
Eynstone said:
Divide the sphere into many parts & count the no. of dots in each part. If they're roughly equal,the distribution is close to being uniform.

Divide the sphere into many parts

but how?