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arxiv: 1901.06260 · v1 · pith:Z6HYRGFNnew · submitted 2019-01-17 · ⚛️ physics.class-ph

Throwing π at a wall

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We discuss a method for calculating $ \pi $ using elastic collision between two masses $ M $ and $ m $, with $ X = m/M = 10^{2(1-d)} $ where $ d $ is an integer, and a wall. The total number of collisions between $ M $, $ m $ and the wall corresponds to the first $ d $ digits of $ \pi $.

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