diff --git a/module2/exo1/toy_document_en.Rmd b/module2/exo1/toy_document_en.Rmd index 13b258ddd0da29bc3bf08c64b6a1db742f6d5409..ad11b2a77f068123489b64f3ead209e68308efdc 100644 --- a/module2/exo1/toy_document_en.Rmd +++ b/module2/exo1/toy_document_en.Rmd @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- -title: "Your title" -author: "Your name" -date: "Today's date" +title: "On the computation of pi" +author: "Arnaud Legrand" +date: "25 juin 2018" output: html_document --- @@ -10,24 +10,35 @@ output: html_document knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE) ``` -## Some explanations - -This is an R Markdown document that you can easily export to HTML, PDF, and MS Word formats. For more information on R Markdown, see . - -When you click on the button **Knit**, the document will be compiled in order to re-execute the R code and to include the results into the final document. As we have shown in the video, R code is inserted as follows: - -```{r cars} -summary(cars) +## Asking the maths library +My computer tells me thay $\pi$ is *approximatively* +```{r} +pi ``` -It is also straightforward to include figures. For example: - -```{r pressure, echo=FALSE} -plot(pressure) +##Buffon's needle +Applying the method of [Buffon's needle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%27s_needle_problem), we get the __approximation__ +```{r} +set.seed(42) +N = 100000 +x = runif(N) +theta = pi/2*runif(N) +2/(mean(x+sin(theta)>1)) ``` -Note the parameter `echo = FALSE` that indicates that the code will not appear in the final version of the document. We recommend not to use this parameter in the context of this MOOC, because we want your data analyses to be perfectly transparent and reproducible. - -Since the results are not stored in Rmd files, you should generate an HTML or PDF version of your exercises and commit them. Otherwise reading and checking your analysis will be difficult for anyone else but you. +##Using a surface fraction argument +A method that is easier to understand and does not make use of the $\sin$ function is based on the fact that if $X\sim U(0,1)$ and $Y\sim U(0,1)$, then $P[X^2+Y^2\leq 1] = \pi/4$ (see ["Monte Carlo method" on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method)). The following code uses this approach: +```{r} +set.seed(42) +N = 1000 +df = data.frame(X = runif(N), Y = runif(N)) +df$Accept = (df$X**2 + df$Y**2 <=1) +library(ggplot2) +ggplot(df, aes(x=X,y=Y,color=Accept)) + geom_point(alpha=.2) + coord_fixed() + theme_bw() +``` +It is then straightforward to obtain a (not really good) approximation to $\pi$ by counting how many times, on average, $X^2 + Y^2$ is smaller than 1: +```{r} +4*mean(df$Accept) +``` -Now it's your turn! You can delete all this information and replace it by your computational document. +When you click on the button **Knit**, the document will be compiled in order to re-execute the R code and to include the results into the final document.