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Buffon Needle Problem

The Buffon Needle Problem is a classical problem in integral geometry that involves determining the probability that a needle of given length, dropped onto a plane ruled with parallel lines, will intersect one of the lines, serving as a foundational example of geometric probability.

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Buffon's Needle Problem

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Introduction to geometric probability

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 481 citations

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Exploring Monte Carlo methods

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 178 citations

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Limit theorems for random compact sets in Banach space

Madan L. Puri, Dan A. Ralescu · Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 1985 · 50 citations

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On a funicular solution of Buffon's “problem of the needle” in its most general form

J.J. Sylvester · Acta Mathematica · 1890 · 41 citations · Full text

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From the Buffon Needle Problem to the Kreiss Matrix Theorem

Elías Wegert, Lloyd N. Trefethen · American Mathematical Monthly · 1994 · 32 citations

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Authors

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  1. EW
    Elías Wegert

    TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  2. AV
    Alexander Volberg

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  3. LN
    Lloyd N. Trefethen

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  4. NM
    Nathan Mantel

    National Cancer Institute, United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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  5. CC
    Cathy Chung

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    92 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

  4. Rowan College at Burlington County

    Pemberton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  5. Kean University

    Union, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  8. Geological Survey of Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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  1. American Mathematical Monthly

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 659 citations

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  3. College Mathematics Journal

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. Mathematical Geology

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 14 citations

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