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Glaister, P. (1999) Buffon's needle problem with a twist. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 18 (2). pp. 85-88. ISSN 1471-6976

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1093/teamat/18.2.85

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Some simple variations of Buffon's well-known needle problem in probability are discussed, and an interesting observation connecting the corresponding results is then made

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
ID Code:16723
Publisher:Oxford University Press
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