OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Buffon-Laplace Needle Problem
FORMULA
(2*(3*sqrt(3) - 4*Pi)*(3*sqrt(3) - Pi)*Pi^2*(-8 + sqrt(3) + 2*Pi)*(-24 + 3*sqrt(3) + 5*Pi))/(3*(-3618 + 864*sqrt(3) + 828*Pi + 354*sqrt(3)*Pi - 269*Pi^2 + 32*sqrt(3)*Pi^2)).
EXAMPLE
0.0157658637...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(2*(3*Sqrt[3] - 4*Pi)*(3*Sqrt[3] - Pi)*Pi^2*(-8 + Sqrt[3] + 2*Pi)*(-24 + 3*Sqrt[3] + 5*Pi))/(3*(-3618 + 864*Sqrt[3] + 828*Pi + 354*Sqrt[3]*Pi - 269*Pi^2 + 32*Sqrt[3]*Pi^2)), 10, 100][[1]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 15 2015 after Eric W. Weisstein *)
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AUTHOR
Eric W. Weisstein, Dec 14 2005
STATUS
approved