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The Pi Day
Katowice, March 11-13th 2010

Data from the "Buffon's needle" workshops
1st day
throws: 800
intersections: 490
pi approximation: 3,265...
most consecutive intersections: 9 (3 times)
most consecutive missed throws: 7
10 throws were made by prof. Volkmann, who got 7 intersections
2nd day
throws: 800
intersections: 525
pi approximation: 3,047...
most consecutive intersections: 15
most consecutive missed throws: 10
Altogether
throws: 1600
intersections: 1015
pi approximation: 3,152...
most consecutive intersections: 15
most consecutive missed throws: 10

Remark: The best possible approximation of pi one could get in 1600
throws is 3,1403... and it corresponds to 1019 intersections.
This means that the precision of our approximation is really good and
that neither Buffon nor the probability theory are lying ;)

last update: 27.07.2011

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