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#176 — Buffon's Needle

How do toothpicks approximate the value of pi? I'll show you by coding a simulation in p5.js!

mar 14, 2023

Buffon's Needle

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Siméon Denis Poisson

In this coding challenge, I implement a "Poisson-disc Sampling" algorithm to evenly (but randomly) distribute a set of seed points throughout a canvas. The algorithm is implemented in JavaScript using p5.js.

Poisson-disc Sampling