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Going from numbers to pictures - visible monte carlo!

One of the best things about math is that it's so... visible. Consider the monte carlo estimation we ran in the last lesson: nothing creates "wow...

1 replies - 1175 views - 02/17/08 by Joseph Ottinger in Articles

Monte Carlo, Pi, and ... gambling

Lesson two: Let's get gambling!What we're actually going to be doing today is applying something called the “Monte Carlo method” to estimate the value of...

0 replies - 2375 views - 02/16/08 by Joseph Ottinger in News

Python, kids! Python! And Triangles! And learnin's!

So! Let's talk math, because it's fun. We'll use python for this because we don't have to compile it, it's easy, and it's useful in simulation projects like...

0 replies - 3049 views - 02/16/08 by Joseph Ottinger in News