computeConeVolume

PURPOSE ^

volume of nD cone

SYNOPSIS ^

function volume = computeConeVolume(ray, radius)

DESCRIPTION ^

 volume of nD cone

 THIS IS NO USER FUNCTION

CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION ^

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SOURCE CODE ^

0001 function volume = computeConeVolume(ray, radius)
0002 % volume of nD cone
0003 %
0004 % THIS IS NO USER FUNCTION
0005 
0006 % The elk-library: convex geometry applied to crystallization modeling.
0007 %   Copyright (C) 2013 Alexander Reinhold
0008 %
0009 % This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
0010 %   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
0011 %   Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
0012 %   option) any later version.
0013 %
0014 % This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
0015 %   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
0016 %   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
0017 %   General Public License for more details.
0018 %
0019 % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
0020 %   with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
0021 
0022 nDim = length(ray);
0023 % base 'area'
0024 base = pi^((nDim-1)/2) / gamma((nDim-1)/2+1) * radius^(nDim-1);
0025 % cone volume
0026 volume = 1/nDim * base * norm(ray);

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