Coding Challenge 176: Buffon's Needle
How do toothpicks approximate the value of pi? I'll show you by coding a simulation in p5.js! Code: https://thecodingtrain.com/challenges...
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References:
🔗 Buffon's Needle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%...
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🔗 Pickup Sticks & Pi: https://ogden.eu/pi/
Related Coding Challenges:
🚂 95 Approximating the Value of Pi: • Coding Challenge 95: Approximating th...
🚂 126 Toothpicks: • Coding Challenge #126: Toothpicks
🚂 145 Ray Casting 2D: • Coding Challenge 145: 2D Raycasting
Timestamps:
0:00 Happy Pi Day 2023!
0:45 Introduce Buffon's Needle
1:40 Unpack the math
4:40 Let toothpick fall at an angle
7:08 The probability that the toothpick crosses the border
7:27 Uniform probability density function
8:12 Illustrate the probability with a graph
10:49 Approximating the value of Pi
11:11 Calculating the area under the curve
12:48 Resources for Buffon's Needle
13:28 Start Coding
13:53 Draw vertical lines
14:20 Add a toothpick
15:02 Draw background in setup
15:57 We have to use the built-in value of Pi
17:00 Find the closest column
17:22 Determine if the toothpick intersects the column
18:10 Rotate the line relative to the y-axis
18:50 Draw the toothpick as a vertical line
19:40 Improve the visuals
20:48 Approximate the value of Pi using the probability that a toothpick intersects a column
23:45 Suggestions for variations
24:08 New Passenger Showcase page on the Coding Train website
24:38 Easter egg
Editing by Mathieu Blanchette
Animations by Jason Heglund
Pi Day Song by Will from America
Music from Epidemic Sound
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