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2004 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Buffon’s needle problem

Authors : Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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A French nobleman, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, posed the following problem in 1777:

Suppose that you drop a short needle on ruled paper — what is then the probability that the needle comes to lie in a position where it crosses one of the lines?

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Title
Buffon’s needle problem
Authors
Martin Aigner
Günter M. Ziegler
Copyright Year
2004
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book
Proofs from THE BOOK

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-05414-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-05412-3

Copyright Year: 2004

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05412-3_21

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