English

Lost at Sea

Optimization and Control 2016-03-15 v2 Metric Geometry

Abstract

What is the path of minimum expected length for escaping a planar convex region Omega? We rigorously obtain best 2-segment and 3-segment solutions when Omega is an infinite strip, and numerically examine 2-segment solutions when Omega is a disk.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0411518,
  title  = {Lost at Sea},
  author = {Steven R. Finch and John A. Shonder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411518},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

12 pages, 6 figures

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