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or points representing pursuers and pursuees; the curve of pursuit is the curve traced by the pursuers.
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Typical drawings of curves of pursuit have each point acting as both pursuer and pursuee, inside a
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Mémoires de mathématique et de physique tirés des registres de l'Académie royale des sciences
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The path followed by a single pursuer, following a pursuee that moves at constant speed on a
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has occasionally been credited with first exploring curves of pursuit. However
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Class of curves traced by a point which follows another moving point
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Chases and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuits and Evasion
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Curve of pursuit

geometry
curve
point
parameterized
tangent

Pierre Bouguer
Pierre Bouguer
navigation
Leonardo da Vinci
Paul J. Nahin

line
radiodrome
differential equation

square
mice problem
polygon
mice problem
Logarithmic spiral
Tractrix
Circles of Apollonius#Apollonius pursuit problem
Pursuit–evasion
Bouguer, Pierre
Nahin, Paul J.
Princeton University Press
ISBN

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