Re: Parallel program to calculate PI

On 13 May, 16:15, Bart <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 13, 3:55 pm, Spiros Bousbouras <spi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On 13 May, 15:20, Prime Mover <eple...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > I have got the pseudo-code below that I would like to convert to c
> > > language. The algorithm calculates Pi value. I am somewhat familiar
> > Out of curiosity for what value of npoints are you aiming for ? In
> > your example it's only 100000 and you can get that on a modern desktop
> > in a few seconds.- Hide quoted text -
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> I got 3.1415 using a billion points. Looks like it will converge very
> slowly.
>
> Also the granularity of the x,y points may affect the maximum accuracy
> (because it introduces errors near the circular edge). Tried a sphere
> too but not any better.

And of course you must know that your random numbers
will be uniformly distributed within the square.