The Snail–Racehorse Problem

Norbert Herrmann ()
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Norbert Herrmann: Universität Hannover, Institut für Angewandte Mathematik

Chapter Chapter 9 in The Beauty of Everyday Mathematics, 2012, pp 93-98 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter doesn’t revolve around brave civil servants or the Big Easy. Or for that matter, any other group sent out to collect snails and for whom these little creepers turn out to be a tad too fast. No, no, quite the opposite; in this chapter, we’d like to demonstrate that these creatures are actually not that slow and can, under certain circumstances, challenge a racehorse. We need only to make one change to the location where a snail is typically found: It sits on a rubber band that is pulled by a racehorse.

Keywords: Mathematical Formulation; Constant Velocity; Constant Speed; Civil Servant; Linear Differential Equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22104-0_9

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