https://github.com/deanpdx/monte-carlo-pi

https://github.com/deanpdx/monte-carlo-pi

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/deanpdx/monte-carlo-pi
• Owner: DeanPDX
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-05-07T23:28:04.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-01T16:06:14.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-01T12:46:09.503Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 1.1 MB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# monte-carlo-pi

A monte carlo simulation written in go that attempts to estimate [Pi](https://golang.org/pkg/math/#pkg-constants). Inspired by [this excellent blog post](https://ggcarvalho.dev/posts/montecarlo/). I'm using [Ebitengine](https://github.com/hajimehoshi/ebiten) to show the algorithm work visually. When you `go run main.go` you will see something like this:

![./.github/demo.gif](./.github/demo.gif)

As you can see, this run achieved a result of 3.140872, which is off by only 0.000721. Due to the nature of monte carlo simulations, different runs will give you different results but I was consistently estimating Pi pretty accurately. Play with the constants at the top (make sure to keep width/height proportionate if you change them) and try running the test again.