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The beautiful "Four Bugs Problem"
Thursday September 19, 2024. 07:42 PM , from BoingBoing
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 The post The beautiful "Four Bugs Problem" appeared first on Boing Boing.
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