Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. Prelude xi
4. 1 Computers That Play Games 1
5. 2 A Gambling Problem (the Monte Carlo Concept) 15
6. 3 The Carpenter’s Problem 23
7. 4 Wi-Fi Coverage and Antisubmarine Warfare Are the Same Math Problem 40
8. 5 A Problem in Electric Circuit Theory 55
9. 6 Simulation of a Purely Deterministic Problem 85
10. 7 Schwartz’s Question 103
11. 8 A Counterexample Concerning Computer Simulations 116
12. 9 Monte Carlo Integration 126
13. 10 Gamma-Ray Paths across a Semicircle 136
14. Acknowledgments 177
15. Notes 179
16. Index 195