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Children randomly throwing pebbles into asquare, as in Fig.1.1,illus-
                                     trate a very simple direct-sampling Monte Carlo algorithm that can be
                                     adapted to a wide range ofproblems in science and engineering, most
                                     ofthem quite difficult, some ofthem discussed in this book.The basic
                                     principles of Monte Carlo computing are nowhere clearer than where it
                                     all started: on the beach, computing .






















                                       Fig. 1.1 Children computing the number  on the Monte Carlo beach.
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