Chapter 10. A Pursuit Problem

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Three Tennis Paradoxes 4
7. Chapter 2. The Uphill Roller 16
8. Chapter 3. The Birthday Paradox 25
9. Chapter 4. The Spin of a Table 37
10. Chapter 5. Derangements 46
11. Chapter 6. Conway’s Chequerboard Army 62
12. Chapter 7. The Toss of a Needle 68
13. Chapter 8. Torricelli’s Trumpet 82
14. Chapter 9. Nontransitive Effects 92
15. Chapter 10. A Pursuit Problem 105
16. Chapter 11. Parrondo’s Games 115
17. Chapter 12. Hyperdimensions 127
18. Chapter 13. Friday the 13th 151
19. Chapter 14. Fractran 162
20. The Motifs 180
21. Appendix A. The Inclusion–Exclusion Principle 187
22. Appendix B. The Binomial Inversion Formula 189
23. Appendix C. Surface Area and Arc Length 193
24. Index 195