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Calculating π by Bouncing Balls in Phase Space (aperiodical.com)
18 points by ColinWright on March 14, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Looks like this method converges at root(N) same as a direct monte-carlo [1]

Anyone got a stochastic method that converges quicker?

[1] http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/pages/maths_montecarlo.html




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