SPHERE_MONTE_CARLO
Monte Carlo Estimate of Sphere Surface Integrals

SPHERE_MONTE_CARLO is a FORTRAN90 library which estimates the integral of F(X,Y,Z) over the surface of the unit sphere 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:

SPHERE_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 FORTRAN90 library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of a circular annulus in 2D.

BALL_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals of a function over the interior of the unit ball in 3D;

CIRCLE_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit cube in 3D;

DISK01_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit disk in 2D.

DISK01_QUARTER_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the interior of the unit hyperball in M dimensions;

HYPERBALL_VOLUME_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 program which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the volume of the unit hyperball in M dimensions;

HYPERCUBE_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 library which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the length of the unit line in 1D;

POLYGON_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit simplex in M dimensions.

SPHERE_INTEGRALS, a FORTRAN90 library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the surface of the unit sphere in 3D.

SPHERE_TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 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 FORTRAN90 library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit tetrahedron in 3D.

TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of a general triangle in 2D.

TRIANGLE01_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate integrals over the interior of the unit triangle in 2D.

WEDGE_MONTE_CARLO, a FORTRAN90 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:

• sphere_monte_carlo.f90, the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• sphere_monte_carlo_test.f90, a sample calling program.
• sphere_monte_carlo_test.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• 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.
• SPHERE01_MONOMIAL_INTEGRAL returns monomial integrals on the unit sphere.
• SPHERE01_SAMPLE maps uniform points onto the unit sphere.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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