Estimating $\pi$ with a Coin
Probability
2026-03-11 v3 History and Overview
Abstract
We describe a simple Monte Carlo method for estimating by tossing a coin. Although the underlying Catalan-number series identities appear implicitly in the probability theory literature, the interpretation of presented here seems to be new.
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@article{arxiv.2602.14487,
title = {Estimating $\pi$ with a Coin},
author = {Jim Propp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14487},
year = {2026}
}
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