SPHERE_TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO
Monte Carlo Estimates of Integrals over Spherical Triangles

SPHERE_TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO, a MATLAB library which applies the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function F(X,Y,Z) over a triangle on 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_TRIANGLE_MONTE_CARLO is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

Related Data and Programs:

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

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

DISK01_QUARTER_MONTE_CARLO, a MATLAB 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 MATLAB 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 MATLAB 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 MATLAB 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 MATLAB program which applies a Monte Carlo method to estimate the volume of the unit hyperball in M dimensions;

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

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

sphere_triangle_monte_carlo_test

SPHERE_TRIANGLE_QUAD, a MATLAB library which uses quadrature to estimate the integral of a function over a spherical triangle on the surface of the unit sphere in 3D.

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

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

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

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

Reference:

• Jacob Goodman, Joseph ORourke, editors,
  Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry,
  Second Edition,
  CRC/Chapman and Hall, 2004,
  ISBN: 1-58488-301-4,
  LC: QA167.H36.

Source Code:

• monomial_value.m, evaluates a monomial.
• r8_acos.m, computes the arc cosine function, with argument truncation.
• r8_uniform_01.m, returns a unit pseudorandom R8.
• r8vec_norm.m, returns the L2 norm of an R8VEC.
• r8vec_normalize.m, normalizes an R8VEC in the Euclidean norm.
• sphere01_sample.m, picks random points on the unit sphere.
• sphere01_triangle_angles_to_area.m, area of a triangle on the unit sphere.
• sphere01_triangle_sample.m, sample spherical triangle on unit sphere.
• sphere01_triangle_sides_to_angles.m, angles of triangle on unit sphere.
• sphere01_triangle_vertices_to_area.m, area of triangle on unit sphere.
• sphere01_triangle_vertices_to_sides.m, sides of triangle on unit sphere.
• timestamp.m, prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.