Re: Buffon's Needles

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From: Emmanuel BRESSON
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 00:00

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> A quick test shows that the result obtained from the above code depends
> on, but is not proportional to, the value used for Pi.

The probability a needle intersects a line is 1/pi.
A efficient formula to compute pi can be found at
http://www.mathsoft.com/asolve/plouffe/plouffe.html

La probabilite qu'un aiguille intersecte une ligne est 1/pi.
Une formule efficace pour calculer pi se trouve sur
http://www.mathsoft.com/asolve/plouffe/plouffe.html

Emmanuel

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