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I'm a little confused. Looking at the example of Monte Carlo distribution of a quadrant in a unit square. Isn't the ratio of total red to blue (randomly placed dots inside vs. outside the entire circle pi:(4-pi)? That is, the total blue area (of the four quadrants) would occupy only 4-pi of the total, and the red area would occupy pi of the total area. So, I wonder why the article seems to say the ratio of the red to blue in the quadrant is pi/4. That's not right: the ratio of the red to the blue should be pi/4 : (4-pi)/4. The blue does not equal 4 to pi's 3.14. I'm pretty sure this needs to be either clarified or fixed, because I'm lost. Zelchenko ( talk) 08:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
"The question was what are the chances that a Canfield solitaire laid out with 52 cards will come out successfully?"
Do we know whether Ulam was talking specifically about Canfield (solitaire) or Klondike (solitaire)? Both games are known as "Canfield", but play somewhat differently. -- Lord Belbury ( talk) 20:21, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
A section in Pseudorandomness that doesn't belong there is being given a new lease on life: here, as a subsection named 'Mersenne_twister (MT19937) in Python (a Monte Carlo method simulation)' within the 'Monte Carlo and random numbers' section. Pi314m ( talk) 10:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Fellow-wikipedians, @Pi314m, @Mvqr, @jwikip I interpret the above exchange as consensus; hence unless there is any quick objection I shall make the above-mentioned changes to the article in the next few days ! -- jw ( talk) 14:25, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
The redirect Monte carlo Simulation has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 April 21 § Monte carlo Simulation until a consensus is reached. – Novem Linguae ( talk) 23:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
"Being secret, the work of von Neumann and Ulam required a code name."
The calculations performed using the Monte Carlo code on the ENIAC (1948) for the H bomb were secret but the method was not. Ulam promoted the method on a tour of universities in the following year. Metropolis coined the name as a buzz word not as a secret code word. Owensumm ( talk) 21:12, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
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I'm a little confused. Looking at the example of Monte Carlo distribution of a quadrant in a unit square. Isn't the ratio of total red to blue (randomly placed dots inside vs. outside the entire circle pi:(4-pi)? That is, the total blue area (of the four quadrants) would occupy only 4-pi of the total, and the red area would occupy pi of the total area. So, I wonder why the article seems to say the ratio of the red to blue in the quadrant is pi/4. That's not right: the ratio of the red to the blue should be pi/4 : (4-pi)/4. The blue does not equal 4 to pi's 3.14. I'm pretty sure this needs to be either clarified or fixed, because I'm lost. Zelchenko ( talk) 08:09, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
"The question was what are the chances that a Canfield solitaire laid out with 52 cards will come out successfully?"
Do we know whether Ulam was talking specifically about Canfield (solitaire) or Klondike (solitaire)? Both games are known as "Canfield", but play somewhat differently. -- Lord Belbury ( talk) 20:21, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
A section in Pseudorandomness that doesn't belong there is being given a new lease on life: here, as a subsection named 'Mersenne_twister (MT19937) in Python (a Monte Carlo method simulation)' within the 'Monte Carlo and random numbers' section. Pi314m ( talk) 10:07, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
Fellow-wikipedians, @Pi314m, @Mvqr, @jwikip I interpret the above exchange as consensus; hence unless there is any quick objection I shall make the above-mentioned changes to the article in the next few days ! -- jw ( talk) 14:25, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
The redirect Monte carlo Simulation has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 April 21 § Monte carlo Simulation until a consensus is reached. – Novem Linguae ( talk) 23:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
"Being secret, the work of von Neumann and Ulam required a code name."
The calculations performed using the Monte Carlo code on the ENIAC (1948) for the H bomb were secret but the method was not. Ulam promoted the method on a tour of universities in the following year. Metropolis coined the name as a buzz word not as a secret code word. Owensumm ( talk) 21:12, 5 June 2023 (UTC)