/**
* @file
* @brief Implementation to calculate an estimate of the [number π (Pi)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pi_30K.gif).
*
* @details
* We take a random point P with coordinates (x, y) such that 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ y ≤ 1. If x² + y² ≤ 1, then the
* point is inside the quarter disk of radius 1, otherwise the point is outside.
* We know that the probability of the point being inside the quarter disk is equal to π/4
* double approx(vector<Point> &pts) which will use the points pts (drawn at random) to
* return an estimate of the number π
* \note This implementation is better than naive recursive or iterative
* approach.
*
* @author [Qannaf AL-SAHMI](https://github.com/Qannaf)
*/
#include <iostream> /// for IO operations
#include <vector> /// for std::vector
#include <cstdlib> /// for std::rand
/**
* @namespace math
* @brief Mathematical algorithms
*/
namespace math {
/**
* structure of points containing two numbers, respectively x and y such that 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ y ≤ 1.
*/
typedef struct {
double x;
double y;
} Point;
double approximate_pi(const std::vector<Point> &pts) {
/**
* This function use the points pts (drawn at random) to return an estimate of the number π using the given points
* @param pts Each item of pts contains a point. A point is represented by a structure containing exactly
* two numbers, respectively x and y such that 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ y ≤ 1.
* pts always contains at least one item
* @return an estimate of the number π
*/
{
int count =0; // Points in cercle
for(Point p:pts)
if(p.x * p.x + p.y*p.y <= 1)
++count;
return 4.0*count/pts.size();
}
}
} // namespace math
/**
* @brief Self-test implementations
* @returns void
*/
static void test() {
std::vector<math::Point> rands;
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
math::Point p;
p.x = rand() / (double)RAND_MAX; // 0 <= x <= 1
p.y = rand() / (double)RAND_MAX; // 0 <= y <= 1
rands.push_back(p);
}
std::cout << math::approximate_pi(rands) << std::endl; // ~3.14
}
/**
* @brief Main function
* @param argc commandline argument count (ignored)
* @param argv commandline array of arguments (ignored)
* @returns 0 on exit
*/
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
test(); // run self-test implementations
return 0;
}