disk01_monte_carlo

disk01_monte_carlo, an Octave code which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit disk in 2D.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

disk01_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:

disk01_monte_carlo_test

disk01_integrals, an Octave code which defines test functions for integration over the interior of the unit disk in 2d.

octave_monte_carlo, an Octave 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:

• disk01_area.m, returns the area of the unit disk.
• disk01_monomial_integral.m, returns the exact integral of a monomial over the unit disk
• disk01_sample.m, returns uniform sample points from the unit disk.
• monomial_value.m, evaluates a monomial.