Note that the paths must be counterclockwise, or Alice’s bearing would be west of north, not east.
It’s tempting to think the cases are related by a symmetry, but Alice is flying into a circle, Bob is flying *out* of one.
Greg Egan on Nostr: The correct answer is “North of the Antarctic Circle”. Note that the paths must ...
The correct answer is “North of the Antarctic Circle”.
Note that the paths must be counterclockwise, or Alice’s bearing would be west of north, not east.
It’s tempting to think the cases are related by a symmetry, but Alice is flying into a circle, Bob is flying *out* of one.
Note that the paths must be counterclockwise, or Alice’s bearing would be west of north, not east.
It’s tempting to think the cases are related by a symmetry, but Alice is flying into a circle, Bob is flying *out* of one.