Classroom Notes

Disordered Lattices and Methods for Calculating Pi

Volume 5, Issue 3
Summer 1995

Classroom notes presents ideas for Mathematica-based classroom assignments and suggestions for ways in which Mathematica can contribute to the classroom experience. The Journal encourages instructors to submit articles to the editor. This column presents some surprising properties of waves in one-dimensional lattices and a sampling of ancient, classical, and modern methods for computing Pi.