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// Regular and Chaotic Dynamics
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Regul. Chaotic Dyn.,
2003
Volume 8,
Issue 4,
Pages
375–394
(Mi rcd790)
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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.
MSC:
37D50
Received:
09.12.2003
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1070/RD2003v008n04ABEH000252
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