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Re:Show HN: Pi Approximation using Monte Carlo by jwmerrill on Sunday August 10, 2014 @02:45PM (#8160368)
Or compute the area of the mandlebrot set. This one has the advantage of being highly non-convex, which makes it hard to decide how to implement a recursive subdivision routine, since you don't know whether some of the target area is inside a given square just from looking at a few points on its boundary.
Re:Show HN: Pi Approximation using Monte Carlo by keithpeter on Monday August 11, 2014 @09:55AM (#8163235)
Mandlebrot set a bit over the maths level for intended group, but other repeated maps like logistic equation might be OK. I'll go with the cylinders first!