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Chases and Escapes. The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion by Paul J. Nahin

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, 253 pp., US $24.95. ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12514-5, ISBN-10: 0-691-12514-7

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Serge Tabachnikov

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Tabachnikov, S. Chases and Escapes. The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion by Paul J. Nahin . Math Intelligencer 31, 78–79 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-009-9036-z

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