circle_integrals


circle_integrals, an Octave code which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial along the circumference of the unit circle in 2D.

The circumference of the unit circle in 2D is defined by

        x^2 + y^2 = 1
      

The integrands are all of the form

        f(x,y) = x^e1 * y^e2
      
where the exponents are nonnegative integers. If any exponent is an odd integer, the integral will be zero. Thus, the "interesting" results occur when all exponents are even.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

circle_integrals 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:

circle_integrals_test

ball_integrals, an Octave code which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit ball in 3d.

cube_integrals, an Octave code which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit cube in 3d.

line_integrals, an Octave code which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the length of the unit line in 1d.

simplex_integrals, an Octave code which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit simplex in m dimensions.

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:


Last revised on 28 October 2022.