def get_normed_points(point_array, norm): # good to go
    """
    input: point_array, norm
    output: normed array
    """
    norm = float(norm)
    #floated_array = []
    #for p in point_array: # need to make sure each point is a float
        #floated_array.append(float(p))
    points = old_div(numpy.array(point_array), norm)
    return points