Solving xkcd's raptor problem

Re:Solving xkcd's raptor problem by allanmac on Saturday May 29, 2010 @06:12PM (#1389366)

This looks like a variant of the "Lion and Man" problem which is also described as a "bounded pursuit" problem in the operations research journals:

http://www.google.com/search?q=lion+and+man+problem+&ie=...

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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PursuitCurve.html

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http://books.google.com/books?id=HeESjfM2geUC (good!)

This problem may have had relevance in World War II all the way to the present: dogfights between airplanes, battleships trying to sink each other, etc.

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Re:Solving xkcd's raptor problem by Groxx on Sunday May 30, 2010 @12:04AM (#1389924)

Wolfram is frightening in its completeness... I should really look into their setup some time.

Anyone have any suggestions for starting it? From what I've gathered, it's a bit different than other math texts / different conceptual basis.

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