Monte Carlo Method and pi

[Paul Rubin]

"Karl Pech" <KarlPech at users.sf.net> writes:
> I got a task there I have to compute pi using the
> Method above.

This sounds like a homework problem...
> for i in range(0, n):
>   x = random.random()                    # coordinates
>   sy += math.sqrt(1-math.sqrt(x))        # calculate y and add to sy
>
> print 4*sy/n                             # compute pi
> ---
> 
> Unfortunately, even for n = 2000000 the result is ~2,13... .
> It converges very slow to pi and I don't know why.

Better make sure the formulas are correct, by asking yourself why the
simulation is supposed to work at all.