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

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

Item Type:	Article
Refereed:	Yes
Divisions:	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
ID Code:	16678
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Teaching; circle; needle and rectangle problems
Publisher:	Wiley

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