Missing Hiker

Dennis E. Shasha

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0903-113

Missing Hiker

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A puzzle on the fastest way of detecting the hiker's signal is presented. Whenever a hiker is seriously injured, he sends a distress signal within the range of two miles. One has to find the hikers signal as quickly as possible. Many other variants of this puzzle are also possible.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	113
Number of pages	1
Journal	Scientific American
Volume	289
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0903-113
State	Published - Sep 2003

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