HYPERSPHERE_INTEGRALS
Integrals on the Surface of the Unit Hypersphere in M Dimensions


HYPERSPHERE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the surface of the unit hypersphere in M dimensions.

The surface of the unit hypersphere in M dimensions is defined by

        sum ( 1 <= i <= m ) x(i)^2 = 1
      

The integrands are all of the form

        f(x) = product ( 1 <= m <= m ) x(i) ^ e(i)
      
where the exponents e 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 GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

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

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BALL_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit ball in 3D.

CIRCLE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the surface of the unit circle in 2D.

CUBE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit cube in 3D.

DISK01_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit disk in 2D.

HYPERBALL_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit hyperball in M dimensions.

HYPERCUBE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit hypercube in M dimensions.

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HYPERSPHERE_PROPERTIES, a MATLAB library which carries out various operations for an M-dimensional hypersphere, including converting between Cartesian and spherical coordinates, stereographic projection, sampling the surface of the sphere, and computing the surface area and volume.

HYPERSPHERE_MONTE_CARLO, a MATLAB library which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function over the surface of the unit hypersphere in M dimensions.

LINE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the length of the unit line in 1D.

POLYGON_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of a polygon in 2D.

PYRAMID_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit pyramid in 3D.

SIMPLEX_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit simplex in M dimensions.

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

SQUARE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit square in 2D.

TETRAHEDRON_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit tetrahedron in 3D.

TRIANGLE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial over the interior of the unit triangle in 2D.

WEDGE_INTEGRALS, a MATLAB library which returns the exact value of the integral of any monomial 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.

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Last revised on 01 February 2019.