If statement for Monte Carlo integration

[mayankbhargava101]

Hello,

I am writing a program on Fortran to calculate the integral of sin^4(x) between x = 0 and x = π/2.

I believe I know how to write the correct code, but I am unsure what the if statement should be for whether or not a point is inside the desired area.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[tnich]

Hello,

I am writing a program on Fortran to calculate the integral of sin^4(x) between x = 0 and x = π/2.

I believe I know how to write the correct code, but I am unsure what the if statement should be for whether or not a point is inside the desired area.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

I assume that you are generating random points within a bounding rectangle. Since you are calculating an integral, you will want the area under the curve. The operative phrase would be "under the curve".