Two Runners in the Time of Social Distancing, Speedboats in the Gulf of Finland: How to Best Pass?

Authors

Julio Urenda, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Olga Kosheleva, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow
Vladik Kreinovich, The University of Texas at El PasoFollow

Publication Date

8-2020

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Technical Report: UTEP-CS-20-90

Published in International Mathematical Forum, 2020, Vol. 15, No. 7, pp. 317-323.

Abstract

If two runners follow the same running path, what is the best trajectory for the faster runner to pass the slower one, taking into account that they should always maintain a prescribed social distance? If a speedboat wants to pass a slower ship following a special canal in the Gulf of Finland, what is the best trajectory? In this paper, we provide answers to both questions.