Integration Exercise 3

Imports


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%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from scipy import integrate

2d polar integration

The 2d polar integral of a scalar function $f(r, \theta)$ is defined as:

$$ I(r_{max}) = \int_0^{r_{max}} \int_0^{2\pi} f(r, \theta) r d\theta $$

Write a function integrate_polar(f, rmax) that performs this integral numerically using scipy.integrate.dblquad.


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def integrate_polar(f, rmax):
    """Integrate the function f(r, theta) over r=[0,rmax], theta=[0,2*np.pi]"""
    thmin = lambda x: 0.0
    thmax = lambda x: 2*np.pi
    integrand = lambda t,r : f(r,t)*r
    I,err = integrate.dblquad(integrand, 0.0, rmax, thmin, thmax)
    return(I)
    
integrate_polar(lambda r,t: 1, 1.0)


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3.141592653589793

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assert np.allclose(integrate_polar(lambda r,t: 1, 1.0), np.pi)
assert np.allclose(integrate_polar(lambda r, t: np.exp(-r)*(np.cos(t)**2), np.inf), np.pi)

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