disk_monte_carlo

disk_monte_carlo, a C code which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the general disk in 2D.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

disk_monte_carlo is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

disk_monte_carlo_test

c_monte_carlo, a C code which uses Monte Carlo sampling to estimate areas and integrals.

Reference:

1. Gerald Folland,
   How to Integrate a Polynomial Over a Sphere,
   American Mathematical Monthly,
   Volume 108, Number 5, May 2001, pages 446-448.

Source Code:

• disk_monte_carlo.c, the source code.
• disk_monte_carlo.sh, compiles the source code.
• disk_monte_carlo.h, the include file.