You thought the maze looked fun, but now you can’t find your way out. Luckily, mathematics is here to help you escape, says Katie Steckles

  • Arcanus
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    11 year ago

    But wouldn’t you just then go around the island? Or am I missing something?

    • @Carnelian
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      21 year ago

      You would just go around. You would need to start on an island for it not to work. Which I don’t think you actually can, since the entrance (and the corresponding exit) necessarily already form a kind of “island”. Like if you have one entrance and one exit, there’s literally no way for them not to be connected

      • Arcanus
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        21 year ago

        Oh, I was just considering for a simple maze, I hadn’t thought about the different possible maze designs