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From: lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: PI
Keywords: PI
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Date: 14 Dec 90 14:49:53 GMT
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Reply-To: lerman@stpstn.UUCP (Ken Lerman)
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In article <10071@darkstar.ucsc.edu> noesis@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (60276000) writes:
>
>OK, how about someone providing a method of calcing pi? i'm using
>  p=2
>  s=0
>  do
>    s=sqrt(s+2)
>    p=2*p/s
>  while (s < 2)
>  where p converges to pi as s converges to 2 but i'm interested in
>any other algorhythms out there




I usually get myself a square dartboard two feet on a side and
inscribe a circle with a radius of one foot.  Then, by throwing darts
at the board and counting the ratio of darts which are inside the
circle to darts which hit the board, I can easily calculate pi.

Of course, this technique is only usable by those who are as bad at
darts as your average random number generator. :-)

Ken