| Title: | Mathematics at DEC |
| Moderator: | RUSURE::EDP |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2083 |
| Total number of notes: | 14613 |
The next morning, Alfred reported, "I continued the experiment for
another 10,000 trails after you left last night, but I didn't have
any luck improving the estimate of Pi. I'm going to try again later
today for another 50,000 trials. Want to join me?"
Robert replied "No way. I've been thinking about it and I think your
chances are pretty slim. In fact I'll bet you you won't improve
the estimate at all."
Why would Alfred be foolish to accept the bet? What are the odds
against him?
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| 500.1 | Must be a better way to spend a rainy day | MODEL::YARBROUGH | Thu Aug 07 1986 12:56 | 6 | |
Poor Albert apparently had the bad luck to miss both the fractions
103993/33102 and the next larger improvement, 104348/33215 (since
his count of trials has run from "just under 100,000" to "just under"
110,000. But the next stop on the train of better rational
approximations to Pi is 207986/66204, so the next 50,000 trials are
sure to be fruitless.
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