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We consider a walker that at each step keeps the same direction with a probabilitythat depends on the time already spent in the direction the walker is currently moving. In this paper, we study some asymptotic properties of this persistent…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Peggy Cénac , Basile De Loynes , Arnaud Le Ny , Yoann Offret

For $x$ real, let $ \{ x \}$ be the fractional part of $x$ (i.e. $\{x\} = x - \lfloor x \rfloor $). The lonely runner conjecture can be stated as follows: for any $n$ positive integers $ v_1 < v_2 < \dots < v_n $ there exists a real number…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-22 Tom Bohman , Fei Peng

We consider a random walk in the plane which takes steps uniformly distributed on the unit circle centered around the walker's current position but avoids the convex hull of its past positions. This model has been introduced by Angel,…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Martin P. W. Zerner

For a subtorus $T \subseteq (\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})^n$, let $D(T)$ denote the $L^\infty$-distance from $T$ to the point $(1/2, \ldots, 1/2)$. For a subtorus $U \subseteq (\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z})^n$, define $\mathcal{S}_1(U)$, the Lonely…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Vanshika Jain , Noah Kravitz

The distance from a given position toward one or more destinations, exits, and way points is a more or less important input variable in most models of pedestrian dynamics. Except for the special case when there are no obstacles in a concave…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-01-04 Tobias Kretz , Cornelia Bönisch , Peter Vortisch

The worldwide population is aging and countries are facing ongoing challenges in improving the safety of elderly pedestrians. In this work, single-file movement of the elderly are experimentally compared with that of different age groups.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-12-18 Xiangxia Ren , Jun Zhang , Weiguo Song

Our aim is to present a new model which encompasses pace optimization and motor control effort for a runner on a fixed distance. We see that for long races, the long term behaviour is well approximated by a turnpike problem. We provide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-06 Amandine Aftalion , Emmanuel Trélat

We are concerned with the computational problem of determining the covering radius of a rational polytope. This parameter is defined as the minimal dilation factor that is needed for the lattice translates of the correspondingly dilated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-05 Jana Cslovjecsek , Romanos Diogenes Malikiosis , Márton Naszódi , Matthias Schymura

A functional approach for the study of the random walks in random sceneries (RWRS) is proposed. Under fairly general assumptions on the random walk and on the random scenery, functional limit theorems are proved. The method allows to study…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-03-06 Clément Dombry , Nadine Guillotin-Plantard

We study coupled transport in the nonequilibrium stationary state of a model consisting of independent random walkers, moving along a one-dimensional channel, which carry a conserved energy-like quantity, with density and temperature…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-08-11 Hernán Larralde , David P. Sanders

We study the random walk in random environment on {0,1,2,...}, where the environment is subject to a vanishing (random) perturbation. The two particular cases we consider are: (i) random walk in random environment perturbed from Sinai's…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-05-13 M. V. Menshikov , Andrew R. Wade

Despite the many outstanding cosmological observations leading to a strong evidence for a nonvanishing cosmological constant (CC) term in the gravitational field equations, the theoretical status of this quantity seems to be lagging well…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-11 Ilya L. Shapiro , Joan Sola

This article deals with the experimental study of pedestrian behaviours in some situations of one-dimensional traffic. Participants were pre-organized in a line, and asked to walk either in a straight line with a fast or slow leader, or to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-09 Cécile Appert-Rolland , Anne-Hélène Olivier , Julien Pettré

A rational distance set is a subset of the plane such that the distance between any two points is a rational number. We show, assuming Lang's Conjecture, that the cardinalities of rational distance sets in general position are uniformly…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-08-19 Kenneth Ascher , Lucas Braune , Amos Turchet

Minimizing social contact is an important tool to reduce the spread of diseases, but harms people's well-being. This and other, more compelling reasons, urge people to walk outside periodically. The present simulation explores how…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-09-23 Bernardo A. Mello

We consider a one dimensional random walk in random environment that is uniformly biased to one direction. In addition to the transition probability, the jump rate of the random walk is assumed to be spatially inhomogeneous and random. We…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-11-27 Amir Dembo , Ryoki Fukushima , Naoki Kubota

In this article the pursuit problem of objects that moves with different accelerations and initial speeds is studied. Initially, the situation in which the escaping object moves in a straight line is considered. Under this condition, and if…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-08-07 Luis Rozas

In this paper we investigate a differential game in which countably many dynamical objects pursue a single one. All the players perform simple motions. The duration of the game is fixed. The controls of a group of pursuers are subject to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-10-10 Mehdi Salimi , Gafurjan Ibragimov , Stefan Siegmund , Somayeh Sharifi

Humans typically walk at low speeds and run at higher speeds. Previous studies of transitions between walking and running were mostly on treadmills, but real-world locomotion allows more flexibility. Here, we study overground locomotion…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-09-15 Nicholas S. Baker , Leroy Long , Manoj Srinivasan

Marathons are one of the ultimate challenges of human endeavor. In this paper, we apply recently introduced multifractal techniques which yield a new classification parameter in the processing of physiological data captured on marathon…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-13 Véronique Billat , Wejdene Nasr Ben Hadj Amor , Guillaume Saës , Stéphane Jaffard , Florent Palacin