Escaping an Infinitude of Lions.
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| Title: | Escaping an Infinitude of Lions. |
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| Authors: | Abrahamsen, Mikkel (AUTHOR), Holm, Jacob (AUTHOR), Rotenberg, Eva (AUTHOR), Wulff-Nilsen, Christian (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | American Mathematical Monthly. Dec2020, Vol. 127 Issue 10, p880-896. 17p. |
| Subjects: | LIONS, RUNNING speed, ESCAPES |
| Abstract: | We consider the following game played in the Euclidean plane: There is any countable set of unit speed lions and one fast man who can run with speed 1 + ε for some value ε > 0 . Can the man survive? We answer the question in the affirmative for any ε > 0 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | We consider the following game played in the Euclidean plane: There is any countable set of unit speed lions and one fast man who can run with speed 1 + ε for some value ε > 0 . Can the man survive? We answer the question in the affirmative for any ε > 0 . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00029890 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00029890.2020.1820837 |
