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ID: 13771, Buffon's Needles
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For Delphi, Version 3.0
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365 downloads
Copyright: Commercial use requires permission
Size: 158,351 bytes
Updated on Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Originally uploaded on Sat, 14 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT
SHA1 Hash: DF9617C2ADFFDF08D747E26B04247D51FAE400C3
MD5 Hash: FCD8890573116527D090AC90C0905E98
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This project explores a Monte Carlo method of determining the value of pi, which was first discovered by Count Buffon in 1733.
Take a number of toothpicks and randomly throw them on a tablecloth, a hardwood floor, a brick sidewalk, or on anything that has a number of equally spaced parallel lines. The parallel lines must be at least as far apart as the length of a toothpick. Count the number of tosses and the number of toothpicks that cross the parallel lines. A simple formula can then be used to estimage pi. This project simulates this process.
For many additional details, including drawings and a detailed math description, see the "Lab Report" at
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Mathematics/Buffon.htm
Keywords: pi, Monte Carlo method, Count Buffon, Random, Plural, TBitmap, TImage, Pixels, MoveTo, LineTo, FillRect, TextOut, TSimplePantograph, ShellExecute, Application.ProcessMessages, Cancel button, FormatFloat, ArcTan2, RGB, MessageBeep(MB_ICONEXCLAMATION), Procedure variable, Half-Angle Formula, Rotation Matrix
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