Comment on xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem

ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

What about goats in circular pens? A goat is tied to the fence of a circular pen. How long does the rope need to be so that the goat can reach exactly half of the pen’s area? What sounds like a high school math problem was eventually solved in 2020 via complex analysis.

Here’s the answer:

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