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Annulus Sampling II
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license: gpl-3.0
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README.md

A demonstration of how to chose a random point uniformly within an annulus. Compare to naïve sampling.

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index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<canvas width="960" height="500"></canvas>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var canvas = d3.select("canvas"),
canvasNode = canvas.node(),
context = canvasNode.getContext("2d");
var numSamplesPerFrame = 50,
numSamples = 0;
var width = canvasNode.width,
height = canvasNode.height,
outerRadius = (Math.min(width, height) - 5) / 2,
innerRadius = outerRadius / 4;
var outerRadius2 = outerRadius * outerRadius,
innerRadius2 = innerRadius * innerRadius,
k = outerRadius2 - innerRadius2;
context.translate(width / 2, height / 2);
context.save();
context.beginPath();
context.arc(0, 0, outerRadius, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
context.moveTo(innerRadius, 0);
context.arc(0, 0, innerRadius, 2 * Math.PI, 0);
context.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,.2)";
context.fill("evenodd");
context.restore();
context.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,.5)";
d3.timer(function() {
for (var i = 0; i < numSamplesPerFrame; ++i) {
var a = Math.random() * 2 * Math.PI,
r = Math.sqrt(Math.random() * k + innerRadius2),
x = r * Math.cos(a),
y = r * Math.sin(a);
context.beginPath();
context.arc(x, y, 1, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
context.fill();
}
return ++numSamples > 1000;
});
</script>
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