Re:Show HN: A Mathematical Integration rust crate
by wjholden on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @09:49AM
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I was always amazed that R can do:
Can we do the same in this library?
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Re:Show HN: A Mathematical Integration rust crate
by legobmw99 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @10:57AM
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It seems like it is lacking the functionality R's integrate has for handling infinite boundaries, but I suppose you could implement that yourself on the outside.
For what it's worth,
use integrate::adaptive_quadrature::simpson::adaptive_simpson_method;
use statrs::distribution::{Continuous, Normal};
fn dnorm(x: f64) -> f64 {
Normal::new(0.0, 1.0).unwrap().pdf(x)
}
fn main() {
let result = adaptive_simpson_method(dnorm, -100.0, 100.0, 1e-2, 1e-8);
println!("Result: {:?}", result);
}
prints Result: Ok(1.000000000053865)It does seem to be a usability hazard that the function being integrated is defined as a fn, rather than a Fn, as you can't pass closures that capture variables, requiring the weird dnorm definition
Re:Show HN: A Mathematical Integration rust crate
by antononcube on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @11:48AM
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You will be completely blown away, then, from what Wolfram Language (aka Mathematica) can do. (When it comes to numerical integration.)
https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/NIntegrateOv...
Re:Show HN: A Mathematical Integration rust crate
by mtantaoui on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @12:01PM
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for ]-inf, inf[ integrals, you can use Gauss Hermite method, just keep in mind to multiply your function with exp(x^2).
use integrate::{
gauss_quadrature::hermite::gauss_hermite_rule,
};
use statrs::distribution::{Continuous, Normal};
fn dnorm(x: f64) -> f64 {
Normal::new(0.0, 1.0).unwrap().pdf(x)* x.powi(2).exp()
}
fn main() {
let n: usize = 170;
let result = gauss_hermite_rule(dnorm, n);
println!("Result: {:?}", result);
}
I got Result: 1.0000000183827922.
Re:Show HN: A Mathematical Integration rust crate
by Buttons840 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @10:48AM
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How many evaluations of the underlying function does it make? (Hoping someone will fire up their R interpreter and find out.)
Or, probably, dnorm is a probability distribution which includes a likeliness function, and a cumulative likeliness function, etc. I bet it doesn't work on arbitrary functions.
Re:Show HN: A Mathematical Integration rust crate
by thrasibule on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @10:58AM
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R integrate is just a wrapper around quadpack. It works with arbitrary functions, but arguably dnorm is pretty well behaved.