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February 24, 2025

The Goat Problem – Numberphile

The Goat Problem – Numberphile –

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Some papers about the Goat Problem…

Return of the Grazing Goat in n Dimensions: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2686558

A Closed-Form Solution to the Geometric Goat Problem: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-020-09966-0

The Grazing Goat in n Dimensions: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00494925.1984.11972761

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