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An invariant property of diffuse random walks
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     15 .Dd October 13, 2024
     16 .Dt S4VS 1
     17 .Os
     18 .\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
     19 .Sh NAME
     20 .Nm s4vs
     21 .Nd invariant property of diffuse random walks
     22 .\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
     23 .Sh SYNOPSIS
     24 .Nm
     25 .Op Fl n Ar realisations_count
     26 .Op Fl s Ar scattering_coeff
     27 .Op Ar file
     28 .\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
     29 .Sh DESCRIPTION
     30 .Nm
     31 statically calculates the average length of diffused paths in the volume
     32 bounded by the input geometry.
     33 The calculated value is an invariant property of diffuse random walks:
     34 it is equal to 4V/S, where V is the volume of the geometry and S its
     35 surface area.
     36 .Pp
     37 The input geometry is assumed to be polygonal, in Obj format, with
     38 normals pointing to the interior of the volume according to the
     39 left-hand convention.
     40 If the file is not defined, the input geometry is read from the standard
     41 input.
     42 .Pp
     43 The options are as follows:
     44 .Bl -tag -width Ds
     45 .It Fl n Ar realisations_count
     46 Number of Monte Carlo realisations.
     47 Default is 10000.
     48 .It Fl s Ar scattering_coeff
     49 Scattering coefficient of the medium within the geometry.
     50 The default value is 0, i.e. the medium does not diffuse.
     51 .El
     52 .\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
     53 .Sh EXAMPLES
     54 Estimate the average length of diffusive random walks in
     55 .Pa bunny.obj
     56 whose internal medium has a scattering coefficient of 10.
     57 Use 1,000,000 Monte Carlo realisations:
     58 .Bd -literal -offset Ds
     59 s4vs -n 1000000 -s 10 bunny.obj
     60 .Ed
     61 .\""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
     62 .Sh SEE ALSO
     63 .Rs
     64 .%A Stéphane Blanco
     65 .%A Richard Fourner
     66 .%T \&An invariant property of diffuse random walks
     67 .%J Europhysics Letters
     68 .%V 61
     69 .%N 2
     70 .%D 2003
     71 .%U https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00208-x
     72 .Re