Difference between revisions of "Talk:2529: Unsolved Math Problems"
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Someone's gotta point out that "walking randomly on a grid, never visiting the same square twice" would rapidly trap you in a corner (even the example has a 50/50 chance of that happening on the next move) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.125|172.70.130.125]] 04:29, 16 October 2021 (UTC) | Someone's gotta point out that "walking randomly on a grid, never visiting the same square twice" would rapidly trap you in a corner (even the example has a 50/50 chance of that happening on the next move) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.125|172.70.130.125]] 04:29, 16 October 2021 (UTC) | ||
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An early example of a cursed problem is the Cantor Function. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor_function&ved=2ahUKEwjY9LCEkM7zAhWcJzQIHaUdCVMQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0qCchQBt0y3TxA9RZnYyO6 | An early example of a cursed problem is the Cantor Function. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor_function&ved=2ahUKEwjY9LCEkM7zAhWcJzQIHaUdCVMQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0qCchQBt0y3TxA9RZnYyO6 | ||
Revision as of 05:23, 16 October 2021
Center panel possibly related to "The drunkards walk" and theories on randomised motion.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/random-walk-puzzle-solution-20160907/
More references https://mathworld.wolfram.com/RandomWalk.html
Someone's gotta point out that "walking randomly on a grid, never visiting the same square twice" would rapidly trap you in a corner (even the example has a 50/50 chance of that happening on the next move) 172.70.130.125 04:29, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Not if it's an infinite grid.
An early example of a cursed problem is the Cantor Function. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor_function&ved=2ahUKEwjY9LCEkM7zAhWcJzQIHaUdCVMQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0qCchQBt0y3TxA9RZnYyO6
