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UMAP produces different results with the same parameters for a loop

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Description

hello,

why the results are inconsistent for each loop? where the parameters and data are not changed.
The code is as follows:

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/21374576/87864339-b01b9b80-c999-11ea-8783-e253819decad.png)

The results are as follows:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/21374576/87864354-d2151e00-c999-11ea-8ff5-bac1cb7dce89.png)

Why are they different? please.
Thanks a lot in advance.
@lmcinnes

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Tech stack
python
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data-visualization, machine-learning
Issue type
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