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Re:The Beginning of the Monte Carlo Method (1987) by commandlinefan on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @10:40AM (#17247485)
How do you figure out how many holes are inside the circle if you don't already know pi, though? I mean, a human could do it, but I don't follow how this extrapolates to a mathematical process.
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Re:The Beginning of the Monte Carlo Method (1987) by tntn on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @11:39AM (#17248010)
Check the distance from the center to the dart?
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Re:The Beginning of the Monte Carlo Method (1987) by commandlinefan on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @02:39PM (#17249822)
Ok, that makes sense.
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