Squaring the circle - statistically speaking

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Glaister, P. (1999) Squaring the circle - statistically speaking. Teaching Statistics, 21 (3). pp. 67-69. ISSN 1467-9639 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1999.tb00814.x

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A simple relationship is described which connects Buffon's classical needle problem with related problems involving circles, squares and rectangles.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/16678
Identification Number/DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1999.tb00814.x
Refereed Yes
Divisions Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Uncontrolled Keywords Teaching; circle; needle and rectangle problems
Publisher Wiley
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