Suppose we have the general uniform distribution p(y)dy={dyb−aa≤y≤b0else If we wish to relate this distribution to the one in the interval x∈[0,1] we have p(y)dy=dyb−a=dx, and integrating we obtain the cumulative function x(y)=∫yady′b−a, yielding y=a+(b−a)x, a well-known result!