Pursuit curve of chase, where a dog chases another dog.
So I listened to a podcast by 3blue1brown where he interviewed mathematician Steven Strogatz. They briefly talked about one problem that Strogatz was solving when he was young in high school. The four dog pursuit problem.
Four dogs are placed in a square with side length 1. They all run with a speed of 1 m/s in the direction of next dog clockwise. How long does it take before the dogs reach the center.
I made my own numerical solution to this problem, which I showcase in this video. Where one can adjust some parameters and see how it effects the final answer with some nice animation.
https://4-dog-problem.netlify.app/
Hi! I'm Sebastian and I'm a high school student from Sweden. I love math and coding. Want to show my work and explain my journey as I'm developing.
- Git clone
- yarn start | npm start