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  2. Monte Carlo method - Wikipedia

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    Given that the ratio of their areas is ⁠ π / 4 ⁠, the value of π can be approximated using the Monte Carlo method: [1] Draw a square, then inscribe a quadrant within it. Uniformly scatter a given number of points over the square. Count the number of points inside the quadrant, i.e. having a distance from the origin of less than 1.

  3. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Analysis is further subdivided into real analysis, where variables represent real numbers, and complex analysis, where variables represent complex numbers. Analysis includes many subareas shared by other areas of mathematics which include: [14] Multivariable calculus; Functional analysis, where variables represent varying functions

  4. Game theory - Wikipedia

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    The payoffs are provided in the interior. The first number is the payoff received by the row player (Player 1 in our example); the second is the payoff for the column player (Player 2 in our example). Suppose that Player 1 plays Up and that Player 2 plays Left. Then Player 1 gets a payoff of 4, and Player 2 gets 3.

  5. e (mathematical constant) - Wikipedia

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    The number e is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828 that is the base of the natural logarithm and exponential function.It is sometimes called Euler's number, after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler, though this can invite confusion with Euler numbers, or with Euler's constant, a different constant typically denoted .

  6. History of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The treatise also provides values of π, [105] which Chinese mathematicians originally approximated as 3 until Liu Xin (d. 23 AD) provided a figure of 3.1457 and subsequently Zhang Heng (78–139) approximated pi as 3.1724, [112] as well as 3.162 by taking the square root of 10.

  7. Pareto principle - Wikipedia

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    The Pareto principle may apply to fundraising, i.e. 20% of the donors contributing towards 80% of the total. The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity [1] [2]) states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").

  8. Gini coefficient - Wikipedia

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    If there are no negative incomes, it is also equal to 2A and 1 − 2B due to the fact that A + B = 0.5. [23] Assuming non-negative income or wealth for all, the Gini coefficient's theoretical range is from 0 (total equality) to 1 (absolute inequality). This measure is often rendered as a percentage, spanning 0 to 100.

  9. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The unemployment rate (U-3), measured as the number of persons unemployed divided by the civilian labor force, rose from 5.0% in December 2007 to peak at 10.0% in October 2009, before steadily falling to 4.7% by December 2016 and then to 3.5% by December 2019. [40] By August 2023, it reached 3.8 percent. [41]