Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013)

Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by noir_lord on Friday July 07, 2017 @03:23AM (#14716703)

I remember using Monte Carlo to calculate Pi on an XT back in the late 80's (the explanation was in a kids math book), iirc (it's been a while) it took all night to get to 4 sig fig, it was an interesting demonstration.

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by keithpeter on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:41AM (#14717397)

I've done that one with a basic maths class using rice grains dropped on a circle drawn on graph paper and then in a spreadsheet with rand() function generating the coords. Seems to help understanding.

Someone here suggested extending to finding the volume of the Steinmetz solid which I must get round to.

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Re:Monte Carlo theory, methods and examples (2013) by noir_lord on Friday July 07, 2017 @10:15AM (#14718462)

Yeah it was in a book with a title like "Fun with Maths" or something unusually for that type of book it's title was true.

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