http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/strange/2011-02-20T07:34:56-08:00ActiveState Code Recipes2011-02-20T07:34:56-08:00Raymond Hettingerhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/178123/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577584-amazing-estimation-of-pi-using-the-mandlebrot-set/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 577584 by <a href="/recipes/users/178123/">Raymond Hettinger</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/approximation/">approximation</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/mandlebrot/">mandlebrot</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pi/">pi</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/strange/">strange</a>). </p> <p>Miraculously, you can estimate π just by counting the number of iterations for a point near the neck to escape. The method has a rigorous error bound.</p>