Statistical estimation of some irrational numbers using an extension of Buffon's needle experiment

DOI10.1080/00207390500432675MaRDI QIDQ5451191zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 18 March 2008

Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00207390500432675

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05)

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• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3594346 (Why is no real title available?)
• Lazzarini's Lucky Approximation of π

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• Bayesian Evidence Accumulation in Experimental Mathematics: A Case Study of Four Irrational Numbers
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