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+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2020 - 2022 by the deal.II authors
+//
+// This file is part of the deal.II library.
+//
+// The deal.II library is free software; you can use it, redistribute
+// it, and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+// Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+// The full text of the license can be found in the file LICENSE.md at
+// the top level directory of deal.II.
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+// Test consistency of ReferenceCell::volume() and
+// ReferenceCell::contains_point() by computing a Monte Carlo integral
+// of the volume based on the characteristic function implied by
+// contains_point().
+
+#include <deal.II/grid/reference_cell.h>
+
+#include <random>
+
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+
+using namespace dealii;
+
+template <int dim>
+void
+test(const ReferenceCell &reference_cell)
+{
+ unsigned int n_samples_inside = 0;
+ const unsigned int n_samples = 200000;
+
+ std::uniform_real_distribution<> uniform_distribution(-1., 1.);
+ std::mt19937 rng;
+
+ for (unsigned int n = 0; n < n_samples; ++n)
+ {
+ // Choose a random point in the box [-1,1]^d that contains all
+ // of our reference cells:
+ Point<dim> p;
+ for (unsigned int d = 0; d < dim; ++d)
+ p[d] = uniform_distribution(rng);
+
+ if (reference_cell.contains_point(p))
+ ++n_samples_inside;
+ }
+
+ // The approximate volume of the reference cell is then the fraction
+ // of points that were found to be within the reference cell times
+ // the volume of the box within which we have sampled:
+ const double volume = 1. * n_samples_inside / n_samples * std::pow(2.0, dim);
+
+ deallog << "ReferenceCell: " << reference_cell.to_string() << std::endl;
+ deallog << " self-reported volume = " << reference_cell.volume()
+ << std::endl;
+ deallog << " computed approximate volume = " << volume << std::endl;
+
+ Assert(std::fabs(volume - reference_cell.volume()) < 1e-2,
+ ExcInternalError());
+}
+
+int
+main()
+{
+ initlog();
+
+ {
+ deallog.push("1D");
+ test<1>(ReferenceCells::Line);
+ deallog.pop();
+ }
+
+ {
+ deallog.push("2D");
+ test<2>(ReferenceCells::Quadrilateral);
+ test<2>(ReferenceCells::Triangle);
+ deallog.pop();
+ }
+
+ {
+ deallog.push("3D");
+ test<3>(ReferenceCells::Tetrahedron);
+ test<3>(ReferenceCells::Pyramid);
+ test<3>(ReferenceCells::Wedge);
+ test<3>(ReferenceCells::Hexahedron);
+ deallog.pop();
+ }
+}
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+
+DEAL:1D::ReferenceCell: Line
+DEAL:1D:: self-reported volume = 1.00000
+DEAL:1D:: computed approximate volume = 1.00091
+DEAL:2D::ReferenceCell: Quad
+DEAL:2D:: self-reported volume = 1.00000
+DEAL:2D:: computed approximate volume = 0.998800
+DEAL:2D::ReferenceCell: Tri
+DEAL:2D:: self-reported volume = 0.500000
+DEAL:2D:: computed approximate volume = 0.498940
+DEAL:3D::ReferenceCell: Tet
+DEAL:3D:: self-reported volume = 0.166667
+DEAL:3D:: computed approximate volume = 0.166560
+DEAL:3D::ReferenceCell: Pyramid
+DEAL:3D:: self-reported volume = 1.33333
+DEAL:3D:: computed approximate volume = 1.33892
+DEAL:3D::ReferenceCell: Wedge
+DEAL:3D:: self-reported volume = 0.500000
+DEAL:3D:: computed approximate volume = 0.496800
+DEAL:3D::ReferenceCell: Hex
+DEAL:3D:: self-reported volume = 1.00000
+DEAL:3D:: computed approximate volume = 0.994000