- Mathematicians have come up with a theory for how pedestrians know how to "fall into lanes" when moving through a crowd. They tested their theory by asking volunteers to walk across experimental arenas. The video footage of the experiment revealed mathematical patterns taking shape in real life. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add8091 235 comments science
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- Pedestrian Traffic Turns to Chaos at a Critical Angle, Mathematicians Find | Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pedestrian-traffic-turns-to-chaos-at-a-critical-angle-mathematicians-find/ 10 comments
- Dense crowds can form surprisingly orderly lines. Math explains why https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dense-crowds-pedestrians-lines-math 0 comments
- Math for the masses: Why pedestrians unconsciously form lines | Science & Tech | EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-09/math-for-the-masses-why-pedestrians-unconsciously-form-lines.html 0 comments