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#+TITLE: Your title #+TITLE: On the computation of pi
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* Some explanations My computer tells me that $\pi$ is approximately
This is an org-mode document with code examples in R. Once opened in #+BEGIN_SRC R :results output :exports both
Emacs, this document can easily be exported to HTML, PDF, and Office pi
formats. For more information on org-mode, see #+END_SRC
https://orgmode.org/guide/.
When you type the shortcut =C-c C-e h o=, this document will be #+RESULTS:
exported as HTML. All the code in it will be re-executed, and the : [1] 3.141593
results will be retrieved and included into the exported document. If
you do not want to re-execute all code each time, you can delete the # * Buffon's needle
and the space before ~#+PROPERTY:~ in the header of this document.
Like we showed in the video, R code is included as follows (and is Applying the method of Buffon's needle, we get the *approximation*
exxecuted by typing ~C-c C-c~):
#+begin_src R :results output :exports both #+BEGIN_SRC R :results output :exports both
print("Hello world!") set.seed(42)
#+end_src N = 100000
x = runif(N)
theta = pi/2*runif(N)
2/(mean(x+sin(theta)>1))
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS: #+RESULTS:
: [1] "Hello world!" : [1] 3.14327
* Using a surface fraction argument
And now the same but in an R session. This is the most frequent A method that is easier to understand and does not make use of the sin
situation, because R is really an interactive language. With a function is based on the fact that if $X \sim U(0,1)$ and $Y \sim
session, R's state, i.e. the values of all the variables, remains U(0,1)$, then $P[X^2 + Y^2 \le 1] = \pi/4$ (see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method]["Monte Carlo method"
persistent from one code block to the next. The code is still executed on Wikipedia]]). The following code uses this approach
using ~C-c C-c~.
#+begin_src R :results output :session *R* :exports both
summary(cars) #+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R* :results output graphics :file "./pi.png" :exports both :width 600 :height 400
#+end_src 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()
#+END_SRC
#+RESULTS: #+RESULTS:
: speed dist [[file:./pi.png]]
: Min. : 4.0 Min. : 2.00
: 1st Qu.:12.0 1st Qu.: 26.00 It is then straightforward to obtain a (not really good) approximation
: Median :15.0 Median : 36.00 to $\pi$ by counting how many times, on average, $X^2 + Y^2$ is smaller
: Mean :15.4 Mean : 42.98 than 1:
: 3rd Qu.:19.0 3rd Qu.: 56.00
: Max. :25.0 Max. :120.00 #+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R* :results output :exports both
4*mean(df$Accept)
Finally, an example for graphical output: #+END_SRC
#+begin_src R :results output graphics :file "./cars.png" :exports results :width 600 :height 400 :session *R*
plot(cars)
#+end_src
#+RESULTS: #+RESULTS:
[[file:./cars.png]] : [1] 3.156
Note the parameter ~:exports results~, which indicates that the code
will not appear in the exported document. We recommend that in the
context of this MOOC, you always leave this parameter setting as
~:exports both~, because we want your analyses to be perfectly
transparent and reproducible.
Watch out: the figure generated by the code block is /not/ stored in
the org document. It's a plain file, here named ~cars.png~. You have
to commit it explicitly if you want your analysis to be legible and
understandable on GitLab.
Finally, don't forget that we provide in the resource section of this
MOOC a configuration with a few keyboard shortcuts that allow you to
quickly create code blocks in R by typing ~<r~ or ~<R~ followed by
~Tab~.
Now it's your turn! You can delete all this information and replace it
by your computational document.
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