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Title:
Playing pool with \(\pi\) (the number \(\pi\) from a billiard point of view)
Authors:
Galperin, G.
Publisher Information:
Springer US, New York, NY; Pleiades Publishing, New York, NY; MAIK ``Nauka/Interperiodica'', Moscow
Subject Terms:
configuration space of the system, Two-body problems, Miscellaneous applications of number theory, Relations of ergodic theory with number theory and harmonic analysis, Hyperbolic systems with singularities (billiards, etc.), behavior of the configuration point, collision, reflection from the wall
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift Article
File Description:
application/xml
Access URL:
https://zbmath.org/2097048
Accession Number:
edsair.c2b0b933574d..d6d687534f578e6582f6e85b895fd555
Database:
OpenAIRE

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The author shows that counting collisions in a simple dynamical system with two billiard balls can be used to estimate \(\pi\) to any accuracy.