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Re: Parallel program to calculate PI

by CBFalconer <cbfalconer@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 13, 2008 at 11:27 AM

Pietro Cerutti wrote:
> Prime Mover wrote:
>
>> % descriptive algorithm:
>> 1. Inscribe a circle inside a square
>> 2. Generate random points inside the square
>> 3. Determine the number of points that fell inside the circle
> 
> How can you determine it without knowing PI a priori?

Write the expression for the area of a circle.  Do the same for the
area of the superscribed square.  Take the ratio of areas.  It
contains PI.

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Parallel program to calculate PI
 Prime Mover <epleite@[  2008-05-13 07:20:09 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Prime Mover <epleite@[  2008-05-13 07:28:37 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Spiros Bousbouras <spi  2008-05-13 07:55:13 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Spiros Bousbouras <spi  2008-05-13 07:57:53 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Pietro Cerutti <gahr@[  2008-05-13 17:02:08 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Richard Heathfield <rj  2008-05-13 15:28:47 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 CBFalconer <cbfalconer  2008-05-13 11:27:51 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Bart <bc@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-13 08:15:17 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Spiros Bousbouras <spi  2008-05-13 08:31:25 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Spiros Bousbouras <spi  2008-05-13 08:32:27 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Richard Heathfield <rj  2008-05-13 16:00:59 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Spiros Bousbouras <spi  2008-05-13 09:07:57 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Richard Heathfield <rj  2008-05-13 16:38:59 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosm  2008-05-13 12:43:51 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Richard Heathfield <rj  2008-05-13 16:55:29 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 dj3vande@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-05-13 16:43:20 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Bart <bc@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-13 09:48:57 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Richard Heathfield <rj  2008-05-13 17:06:03 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 CBFalconer <cbfalconer  2008-05-13 16:33:26 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 user923005 <dcorbit@[E  2008-05-13 12:08:38 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Richard Heathfield <rj  2008-05-13 21:57:34 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Prime Mover <epleite@[  2008-05-13 12:30:27 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Keith Thompson <kst-u@  2008-05-13 13:02:02 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Prime Mover <epleite@[  2008-05-13 13:00:38 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosm  2008-05-13 16:19:35 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 user923005 <dcorbit@[E  2008-05-13 17:43:53 
Re: Parallel program to calculate PI
 "dSpam@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-15 02:42:48 

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