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MengerSponge
21 days ago
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Feynman vs. Computer
Typical numerical methods are faster and way cheaper for the same level of accuracy in 1D, but it's trivial to integrate over a surface, volume, hypervolume, etc. with Monte Carlo methods.
jgalt212
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The writer would have been well served to discuss why he chose Monte Carlo over than summing up all the small trapezoids.
adrianN
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At least if you can sample the relevant space reasonably accurately, otherwise it becomes really slow.
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