Seminar series
Date
Tue, 21 Feb 2012
Time
14:30 -
15:30
Location
L3
Speaker
Mark Walters
Rado introduced the following `lion and man' game in the 1930's: two players (the lion and the man) are in the closed unit disc and they can run at the same speed. The lion would like to catch the man and the man would like to avoid being captured.
This game has a chequered history with several false `winning strategies' before Besicovitch finally gave a genuine winning strategy.
We ask the surprising question: can both players win?