MATH Seminar

Title: Pursuit and Evasion
Colloquium: N/A
Speaker: Imre Leader of University of Cambridge
Contact: Dwight Duffus, dwight@mathcs.emory.edu
Date: 2014-09-08 at 4:00PM
Venue: MSC W303
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Abstract: In Rado's famous "lion and man" problem, a man and a lion are in a circular arena. The lion wants to catch the man, and the man does not want to be caught by the lion. Each can run at the same speed. Who wins? We will start with some background on this kind of "continuous pursuit" problem, including the solution that was eventually given by Besicovitch. We will then move on to some surprising recent developments.