Review of9 Chases and Escapes by Paul J. Nahin Princeton University press, 2007 244, HARDCOVER Review by Ë Eowyn Cenek (eowyn.cenek@gmail.com) Hattiesburg, MS Introduction The theory of pursuit is primarily concerned with two actors; the pursuer and the pursued. The scenario can play out as the dog chasing the duck, the pirate chasing the merchant, or the child chasing her playmate in a rousing game of tag. Pursuit has been studied through the ages, with emphasis on two questions: can the pursuer actually catch the pursued using a given strategy, and how should the pursuer adapt his strategy to catch the pursued. Nahin has written this book as an introduction to the eld of pursuit theory. The book requires no prior knowledge of the eld, and the math he presents is accessible to anyone with a solid grounding in freshman calculus and di erential equations. As such, the math in this book is accessible to most undergraduates who have completed two years of math. The book is a pleasure to read, however, as much for the stories Nahin tells as he traces out the history of the various pursuit problems, as much as for the math when he
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