BALL_MONTE_CARLO
Monte Carlo Estimate of Integrals In Unit Ball

BALL_MONTE_CARLO is a C library which estimates the integral of F(X,Y,Z) over the interior of the unit ball in 3D.

Licensing:

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

Languages:

BALL_MONTE_CARLO is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

Related Data and Programs:

ANNULUS_MONTE_CARLO a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of a circular annulus in 2D.

BALL_INTEGRALS, a C library which defines test functions for integration over the interior of the unit ball in 3D.

CIRCLE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function on the circumference of the unit circle in 2D.

CUBE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit cube in 3D;

DISK_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the general disk in 2D.

DISK01_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit disk in 2D.

DISK01_QUARTER_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit quarter disk in 2D;

ELLIPSE_MONTE_CARLO a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the value of integrals over the interior of an ellipse in 2D.

ELLIPSOID_MONTE_CARLO a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the value of integrals over the interior of an ellipsoid in M dimensions.

HYPERBALL_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit ball in M dimensions;

HYPERCUBE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit hypercube in M dimensions.

HYPERSPHERE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function on the surface of the unit sphere in M dimensions;

LINE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the length of the unit line in 1D.

POLYGON_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of a polygon in 2D.

PYRAMID_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals of a function over the interior of the unit pyramid in 3D;

SIMPLEX_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit simplex in M dimensions.

SPHERE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the surface of the unit sphere in 3D;

SPHERE_TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over a spherical triangle on the surface of the unit sphere in 3D;

SQUARE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit square in 2D.

TETRAHEDRON_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of a general tetrahedron.

TETRAHEDRON01_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit tetrahedron in 3D.

TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over a general triangle in 2D.

TRIANGLE01_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit triangle in 2D.

WEDGE_MONTE_CARLO, a C library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit wedge in 3D.

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:

• ball_monte_carlo.c, the source code.
• ball_monte_carlo.h, the include file.

Examples and Tests:

• ball_monte_carlo_test.c, a sample calling program.
• ball_monte_carlo_test.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• BALL01_MONOMIAL_INTEGRAL returns monomial integrals in the unit ball.
• BALL01_SAMPLE uniformly samples points from the unit ball.
• BALL01_VOLUME returns the volume of the unit ball.
• MONOMIAL_VALUE evaluates a monomial.
• R8_GAMMA evaluates Gamma(X) for a real argument.
• R8_UNIFORM_01 returns a unit pseudorandom R8.
• R8VEC_NORMAL_01 returns a unit pseudonormal R8VEC.
• R8VEC_UNIFORM_01 returns a unit pseudorandom R8VEC.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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