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This chapter shows some of the uses of the Monte Carlo technique in mathematics, physics, and medicine. The radioactive decay simulation produces an output which matches the results from physics experiments on radioactive elements. The “Buffon’s Needle” section recreates an eighteenth-century experiment to find pi. The random walk technique has applications in many walks of life particularly in physics, chemistry, and medicine.
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Joyce, P. (2019). Monte Carlo Methods. In: Numerical C. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5064-8_7
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