: The lion wants to eat the man; the man wants to survive.
: For years, it was believed the lion could always catch the man by staying on the same radius. However, in the 1950s, mathematician Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch proved that the man can actually stay away from the lion forever by following a specific zigzag path, even in a confined space. About the Book Linear Operators, Part I: General Theory (Wiley...
Aside from being a reference for pursuit games, the book itself is a monumental work in : Authors : Nelson Dunford and Jacob T. Schwartz. : The lion wants to eat the man; the man wants to survive
In many mathematical circles, this book is cited as a reference in discussions about and pursuit-evasion problems. The "story" typically follows these lines: About the Book Aside from being a reference
: It is considered one of the most comprehensive references in the field, often cited in research regarding spectral decomposition and Banach space theory . Spaces in the Finitely Additive Setting and Related Stories