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The beautiful "Four Bugs Problem"

Thursday September 19, 2024. 07:42 PM , from BoingBoing
The beautiful "Four Bugs Problem"
This cover from the July 1965 issue of Scientific American illustrates the 'Four Bugs Problem' featured in Martin Gardner's 'Mathematical Games' column about op art.
The setup: Four bugs are placed at the corners of a square. They start crawling clockwise (or counterclockwise) at a constant rate, with each bug moving directly toward its neighbor. — Read the rest
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