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Hotel fire - Optimisation

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A Mathematician's Holiday
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What is the quickest route to get from where you are standing, collect some water from a river and get to the hotel?

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A Mathematician's Holiday
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Thomas Woolley
William Binzi
Keywords
optimisation
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 24/10/2014
Duration: 00:09:06

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