Using mathematica to integrate feels like cheating. Then I fight with mathematica for two hours and realize I’m just breaking even.
@stochastician @tdhopper where I’m from we don’t hold with those fancy symbols. We measure the area under the curve with an infinite ruler.
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@avibryant@tdhopper I just throw a bunch of goddamn needles -
@stochastician You should teach me how to do that.@avibryant -
@tdhopper@stochastician I prefer to simulate it. In Mathematica. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BuffonsNeedleProblem.html … -
@avibryant@tdhopper@stochastician There is a demo that lets you do this at the exploratorium. Clear discs with diam lines, not needles.
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