How to Amaze Your Friends Chris Budd Most

How to Amaze Your Friends Chris Budd

Most maths is • Precise • Careful • Safe • Logical Today we will look at maths and • Murder • Suicide • Love • Conquest

The Minotaur

Cretan Labyrinth

Seed for the Cretan Labyrinth

Ancient stone labyrinth

Maiden Castle Mappa Mundi

The rise of the maze Maze at Hatfield House

Hampton Court Maze

How to solve a maze and amaze your friends Method one. . The hand on the hedge method X Always keep turning left (or right)

Add more hedges X X Add more hedges

If a bird can walk on a hedge from the entrance to the centre then you can solve the maze using the hand on the hedge method

To solve a more general maze we need to learn about Networks Bridges of Konigsberg B A C D

Network Even Node Odd Node Edge

Maze Network D G I J L C K M E H F N B A D C F E L N K M I G H J Centre

Other Networks Friends (social network) Bob Mary Alice Dave Basil Richard Mary

The Internet

Using a network and some peanuts you can solve any maze • Start at the entrance and take any path • If you come to a new node then leave a peanut and take any new path • If you come to an old node (or the end of a blind alley) and you are on a new path then turn back along this path • If you come to an old node and you are on an old path then take a new path (or another old path if no new path exists) • Never go down a path more than twice Good luck!