A short history Buffon's problem of needle throwing: A needle of length L is thrown at random onto a plane with straight parallel lines which are separated by a distance d(d>l) What is the probability p that the needle will intersect one of these li Ines Georges Louis Leclerc comte de buffon(1707-1788): Eminent French naturalist Solution P=2L/(d Reference: G. Comte de buffon, Essai darithmetique morale, Supplement a I Histoire naturelle. VoL 41777 Remark Laplace suggested that the method described in Buffon's problem can be used as a stochastic method to calculate the value of tA short history Buffon’s problem of needle throwing: A needle of length L is thrown at random onto a plane with straight parallel lines which are separated by a distance d (d > L). What is the probability P that the needle will intersect one of these lines? Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788): Eminent French naturalist. Solution: P = 2L/(pd) Reference: G. Comte de Buffon, Essai d ’arithmétique morale, Supplément à l ’Histoire Naturelle, Vol. 4, 1777. Remark: Laplace suggested that the method described in Buffon’s problem can be used as a stochastic method to calculate the value of p