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Playing pool with $\pi$ (the number $\pi$ from a billiard point of view)
G. Galperin Department of Mathematics & Computer
Sciences, Eastern Illinois University,
Charleston, IL 61920, USA
Abstract:
Counting collisions in a simple dynamical system with two billiard balls can be used to estimate $\pi$ to any accuracy.
Received: 09.12.2003
Citation:
G. Galperin, “Playing pool with $\pi$ (the number $\pi$ from a billiard point of view)”, Regul. Chaotic Dyn., 8:4 (2003), 375–394
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