circle_positive_distance

circle_positive_distance, a MATLAB code which estimates the mean and variance of the distance between a random pair of points on the circumference of the unit positive circle in 2D.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

circle_positive_distance is available in a MATLAB version and a Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

circle_positive_distance_test

matlab_distance, a MATLAB code which estimates the typical distance between a pair of points randomly selected from the surface or interior of a geometric object such as a circle, disk, sphere, cube.

Reference:

• John D Cook,
  Random points in a high-dimensional orthant,
  Posted 9 August 2023,
  https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2023/08/09/random-points-hypersphere-orthant/

Source Code:

• circle_positive_distance_histogram.m, displays a histogram from N samples of pairwise distances.
• circle_positive_distance_stats.m, estimates the mean and variance of the pairwise distance, using sampling.
• circle_positive_sample.m, returns a random point on the unit positive circle.