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Author: GuyPozner

contents/monte_carlo_integration/code/python/monte_carlo.py

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+import math
+import random
+
+
+def in_circle(x, y, radius = 1):
+	"""Return True if the point is in the circle and False otherwise."""
+	return (x*x + y*y) < radius*radius
+
+def monte_carlo(n_samples, radius = 1):
+	"""Return the estimate of pi using the monte carlo algorithm."""
+	in_circle_count = 0
+	for i in range(n_samples):
+		
+		# Sample x, y from the uniform distribution
+		x = random.uniform(0, radius)
+		y = random.uniform(0, radius)
+		
+		# Count the number of points inside the circle
+		if(in_circle(x, y, radius)):
+			in_circle_count += 1
+
+	# Since we've generated points in upper left quadrant ([0,radius], [0, radius])
+	# We need to multiply the number of points by 4	
+	pi_estimate = 4 * in_circle_count / (n_samples)
+
+	return pi_estimate
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+	pi_estimate = monte_carlo(100000)
+	percent_error = 100*abs(math.pi - pi_estimate)/math.pi
+
+	print("The estimate of pi is: {:.3f}".format(pi_estimate))
+	print("The percent error is: {:.3f}".format(percent_error))
+