Chases and Escapes : : The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion / / Paul J. Nahin.
We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory, and that the same principles of games like tag, dodgeball, and hide-and-seek are also at play in military strategy, high-seas chases by the Coast Guard,...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | With a New preface by the author |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Puzzlers
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 5 halftones. 67 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- What You Need to Know to Read This Book (and How I Learned What I Needed to Know to Write It)
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Classic Pursuit Problem
- Chapter 2. Pursuit of (Mostly) Maneuvering Targets
- Chapter 3. Cyclic Pursuit
- Chapter 4. Seven Classic Evasion Problems
- Appendix A. Solution to the Challenge Problems of Section 1.1
- Appendix B. Solutions to the Challenge Problems of Section 1.2
- Appendix C. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 1.5
- Appendix D. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 2.2
- Appendix E. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 2.3
- Appendix F. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 2.5
- Appendix G. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 3.2
- Appendix H. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 4.3
- Appendix I. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 4.4
- Appendix J. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 4.7
- Appendix K. Guelman's Proof
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Backmatter