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"# On the computation of $\\pi$ \n",
"# On the computation of $\\pi$\n",
"\n",
"## Asking the maths library\n",
"My computer tells me that $\\pi$ is *approximatively*"
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"## Buffon's needle ##\n",
"## Buffon's needle\n",
"Applying the method of [Buffon's needle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%27s_needle_problem), we get the _approximation_"
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"## Using a surface fraction argument ##\n",
"## Using a surface fraction argument\n",
"A method that is easier to understand and does not make use of the sin function is based on the \n",
"fact that if X ~ *U*(0,1) and Y ~ *U*(0,1), then *P*[X<sup>2</sup> + Y<sup>2</sup> $\\le$ 1] = $\\pi$/4 (see [\"Monte Carlo method\" \n",
"on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method)). The following code uses this approach."
"fact that if X ~ *U*(0,1) and Y ~ *U*(0,1), then $P[X^2+Y^2\\leq 1] = \\pi/4$ (see [\"Monte Carlo method\" on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method)). The following code uses this approach:"
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"N = 1000\n",
"x = np.random.uniform(size=N, low=0, high=1)\n",
"y = np.random.uniform(size=N, low=0, high=1)\n",
"1\n",
"\n",
"accept = (x*x+y*y) <= 1\n",
"reject = np.logical_not(accept)\n",
"\n",
"fig, ax = plt.subplots(1)\n",
"ax.scatter(x[accept], y[accept], c='b', alpha=0.2, edgecolor=None)\n",
"ax.scatter(x[reject], y[reject], c='r', alpha=0.2, edgecolor=None)\n",
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"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It is then straightforward to obtain a (not really good) approximation to $\\pi$ by counting how \n",
"many times, on average, X<sup>2</sup> + Y<sup>2</sup> is smaller than 1:"
"It is then straightforward to obtain a (not really good) approximation to $\\pi$ by counting how many times, on average, $X^2 + Y^2$ is smaller than 1:"
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