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Re:Monte Carlo estimation of Pi by pimmen89 on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:48PM (#13870302)
One of the first labs I did in college, it brings back pleasant nostalgia.
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Re:Monte Carlo estimation of Pi by ISL on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:00PM (#13870948)
It was my first independent Monte Carlo calculation -- changed my life.

That project led directly to the 'rand' call in this function [1] 13 years later and fundamentally altered the way I think about data analysis.

[1] https://github.com/4kbt/PlateWash/blob/master/mlib/bootstrap...

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Re:Monte Carlo estimation of Pi by keithpeter on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:55PM (#13870380)
Yup - oldie but a goodie. We did it with rice grains and graph paper recently, then a spreadsheet.

http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/pages/maths_montecarlo.html

Someone here suggested the Steinmetz solid as a follow up which I will try next time I teach that group.

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Re:Monte Carlo estimation of Pi by calebm on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @02:59PM (#13870415)
Yep, it was a problem I encountered had back in high school Pascal. Fun times :)
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