Oh, yeah, `$` works too

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"# On the computation of \\\\( \\pi \\\\)"
"# On the computation of $\\pi$"
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"## Asking the maths library"
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"My computer tells me that \\\\(\\pi\\\\) is *approximatively*"
"## Asking the maths library\n",
"My computer tells me that $\\pi$ is *approximatively*"
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"## Buffon’s needle"
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"## 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"
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"A method that is easier to understand and does not make use of the sin function is based on the fact that if \\\\( X \\sim U(0, 1) \\\\) and \\\\( Y \\sim U(0, 1) \\\\), then \\\\(P[X^2 + Y^2 \\le 1] = \\pi/4 \\\\) (see [\"Monte Carlo method\"\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 fact that if $X \\sim U(0, 1)$ and $Y \\sim U(0, 1)$, then $[X^2 + Y^2 \\le 1] = \\pi/4$ (see [\"Monte Carlo method\"\n",
"on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_method)). The following code uses this approach:"
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"%matplotlib inline\n",
"import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
"\n",
"np.random.seed(seed=42)\n",
"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",
"\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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"It is then straightforward to obtain a (not really good) approximation to \\\\( \\pi \\\\) by counting how\n",
"many times, on average, \\\\( X^2 + Y^2 \\\\) is smaller than \\\\(1\\\\):"
"It is then straightforward to obtain a (not really good) approximation to $\\pi$ by counting how\n",
"many times, on average, $X^2 + Y^2$ is smaller than $1$:"
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"3.112"
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"output_type": "execute_result"
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