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Re: volume calculation

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  • Subject: [mg100255] Re: volume calculation
  • From: "andre.robin3" <andre.robin3 at wanadoo.fr>
  • Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:59:05 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <gvn74b$ets$1@smc.vnet.net>

Use :

Integrate[ Boole[D(x1,x2,x3,...,xn) < L ],  {x1,x1min,x1max}
...{xn,xnMin,xnMax} ]

Try also:

- NIntegrate instead of Integrate
- Infinity (-Infinity) instead max boundaries (min boundaries)

it works fine symbolically and numericaly


"Filippo Miatto" <miatto at gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
gvn74b$ets$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> Dear all,
> I need a way to find the volume of a multidimensional shape in the
> coordinates (x1,x2,x3,...,xn), that comes from an inequality like
> D(x1,x2,x3,...,xn) < L (with 3 variables i get a nice weird shape in
> R^3, with more i don't plot it)
> In other words I let Mathematica calculate where in the space of the
> solutions the inequality is solved and i'd like to have the numerical
> "volume of the solutions".
> What strategy should i use? The function D is not invertible...
> Thank you,
> Filippo
>
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