Suppose, I have a closed 2D region of data points.
𝓡 =
DiscretizeRegion[
ImplicitRegion[(x - 2)^2 + (y - 3)^2 <= 1 && z == 5, {x, y, z}],
MaxCellMeasure -> 0.0001];
Now, I want to compute the solid angle subtended by the region so covered at the origin. The formula is: $$\int\int_{\mathcal{R}}\sin \theta \;d\theta\;d \phi$$
I tried three ways:
Integrate[Sin[\[Theta]],
Element[{r, \[Theta], \[Phi]},
MeshRegion[pointsInPolar, Point[Range[500]]]]]
(*472.178*)
Integrate[Sqrt[x^2 + y^2]/
Sqrt[x^2 + y^2 + z^2], {x, y, z} \[Element]
MeshRegion[points, Point[Range[500]]]]
(*291.617*)
Integrate[Sqrt[x^2 + y^2]/
Sqrt[x^2 + y^2 + z^2], {x, y, z} \[Element] ConvexHullMesh[points]]
The last one flags an error.
None of them is close to the expected value of:
In[54]:= Integrate[Sqrt[x^2 + y^2]/
Sqrt[x^2 + y^2 + z^2], {x, y, z} \[Element] \[ScriptCapitalR]]
Out[54]= 1.83707
How to go about doing it?