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Buffon needle problem and its generalizations
Hledík, Jakub ; Pawlas, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Prokešová, Michaela (referee)
This thesis contains detailed derivation of results of several generalizations of the Buffon needle problem. Next to the original problem we study grids composed of rectangles, known as Buffon-Laplace needle problem, then grids composed of parallelograms, triangles or hexagons. The application of this problem is briefly shown on the estimation of π, additional references are mentioned. We provide a proof of the theorem computing the area of a polygon, if the Cartesian coordi- nates of its vertices are known. Finally, we show how to solve grids composed of several different shapes, this is demonstrated on the grid composed of a regular hexagon and a diamond. 1

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