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Description calculation of pi via monte carlo methods
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Source with R (source below) directly to SVG and the inkscape to polish it a bit (numbers)
Author Thomas Steiner
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## for more about SVG, see eg http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/Talks/gridSVG/slide1.html
 
 set.seed(20070209)
 n<-1000
 pts<-array(runif(2*n, min=-1,max=1),dim=c(n,2))
 
 out <- pts[,1]^2+pts[,2]^2>1
 
 ci<-seq(0,2*pi,length=300)
 circle<-array(dim=c(300,2))
 circle[,1]=cos(ci)
 circle[,2]=sin(ci)
 
 library(RSvgDevice)
 devSVG("Circle_area_Monte_Carlo_integration2.svg", width=10, height=10)
 
 plot(pts[out,],type="n",axes=F,xaxs="i",xlim=c(-1,1),ylim=c(-1,1),xlab="",ylab="")
 polygon(circle,col="lightgray")
 lines(pts[!out,],type="p",col="darkgreen")
 lines(pts[out,],type="p",col="red")
 lines(c(1,-1,-1,1,1),c(1,1,-1,-1,1),col="black",lwd=2)
 text(x=0.8,y=-0.9,sum(out),col="red",cex=5)
 text(x=0,y=-0.9,(n-sum(out)),col="darkgreen",cex=5)
 #ev noch dazuschreiben, was der quotient ist? 
 4*(1-sum(out)/n)-pi
 dev.off()
794 / 206 = 3.85436893204 (= approx. π: 3.14159265359)

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