buffon.needle: Buffon's needle

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) Examples

Description

This function takes 3 arguments to simulate Buffon's experiment to estimate pi.

Usage

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buffon.needle(n=10, l=1, d=1)

Arguments

n

is a positive integer value that specifies how many needles that are tossed in the simulation.

l

is a positive number that specifies the length of the needles tossed in the simulation.

d

is a positive number that specifies the distance between the stripes on the floor in the simulation.

Value

returns pi estimated by simulating Buffon's experiment.

Author(s)

Emil H. Andersen
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA)
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
emila14@student.sdu.dk

Examples

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#Add examples for the function to explain to others how they can be used
buffon.needle(n=3408, l=2.5,d=3)

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