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Mice problem

In mathematics, the mice problem is a continuous pursuit–evasion problem in which a number of mice (or insects, dogs, missiles, etc.) are considered to be placed at the corners of a regular polygon. In the classic setup, each then begins to move towards its immediate neighbour (clockwise or anticlockwise). The goal is often to find out at what time the…

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Path of the mice

Pursuit curveLogarithmic spiral
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Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums
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MathematicsPursuit–evasionRegular polygon
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Mice problem

Nodes10
Edges9
Triples14
Avg. degree1.8
Density0.2
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related to External links · 8
Mice problem → Ants, Eric, Logarithmic Spirals, MathWorld, Problem, Weisstein, YouTube, Zeno's Mice
related to In media · 5
Mice problem → Briain, Hard Sums, In Dara, Instead, School
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Mice problem → continuous pursuit

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mice meet time speed problem regular polygon corners unit distance neighboring decreases pursuit whirl mathematics polygons logarithmic continuous evasion number

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Mice problemis acontinuous pursuit0.90text
Mice problemrelated to External linksWeisstein0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksEric0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksMathWorld0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksZeno's Mice0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksAnts0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksProblem0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksLogarithmic Spirals0.60section
Mice problemrelated to External linksYouTube0.60section
Mice problemrelated to In mediaIn Dara0.60section
Mice problemrelated to In mediaBriain0.60section
Mice problemrelated to In mediaSchool0.60section

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