Estimating π with Monte-Carlo-Simulations

The easy, the sophisticated and the surprising way of estimating π

Maike Elisa
Cantor’s Paradise
8 min readFeb 22, 2020

--

Photo by wu yi on Unsplash

Pi Day is coming up soon! And there are many ways to calculate or estimate our all-time favorite number π which is approximately 3.14159….

Let’s have a look at these methods and let’s discuss three ways to estimate π using Monte-Carlo Simulations!

--

--

M. Sc. Mathematics | Educational Enthusiast | Entrepreneur | Passion for writing, doing & teaching Math | Kite | Digital Nomad | Author | IG: @mathe.mit.maike