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The region $A_h$ usually has a curved boundary, so sampling uniformly inside it directly is inconvenient. Rejection sampling replaces it by an easily sampled envelope, usually a rectangle. Choose finite bounds $a,b_{-},b_{+}$ withThen $A_h\subseteq (0,a)\times (b_{-},b_{+})$ up to null boundaries. A general rectangle algorithm uses only independent uniform deviates: draw $U_1,U_2$ on $(0,1)$, set $u=a{U}_1$, $v=b_{-}+(b_{+}-b_{-})U_2$, and return $v/u$ if $u^2\le h(v/u)$; otherwise repeat. If a numerical generator returns $u=0$, discard that draw before division. No knowledge of $Z$ is required to run the method. Its acceptance rate is the ratio of the two areas:More generally the same area ratio applies to any finite-area envelope $B$ sampled uniformly. A change in the proportionality constant of $h$ scales both ratio coordinates and their areas consistently.

Finite rectangle bounds are a real condition, not a consequence of integrability alone. For instance $h(x)=(1+|x|{)}^{-3/2}$ is integrable, but $|x|\sqrt{h(x)}$ is unbounded. A finite-area envelope for a ratio-of-uniforms region gives a general extension: choose a finite-area open envelope containing $A_h$, decompose it up to null boundaries into countably many disjoint rectangles, and select a rectangle with probability proportional to its area using a uniform draw and cumulative probabilities. Use two more uniforms to sample within it, then apply the same acceptance test. This samples the envelope uniformly and has acceptance $Z/(2\mathrm{area}(B))$. Such envelopes exist for every finite-area measurable $A_h$; obtaining usable bounds or an effective rectangle decomposition is density-specific. The finite-rectangle version above is the usual practical implementation.