Friday, March 29

Math explains how to survive the zombie apocalypse | Digital Trends Spanish

If you’ve ever wondered how to survive a zombie apocalypse on a scientific basis, today is your lucky day. Thomas Wolley, PhD in Applied Mathematics from Cardiff Universityspent 10 minutes of his time (it was probably a little more for editing and preparation) to explain how to survive a zombie apocalypse according to mathematics, you know, for the idle science.

The truth is that, however transcendental or superfluous the question may seem, the answer is more or less linked to the behavior of a pandemic like, well, that of COVID-19. Why? Because zombies, like viruses, behave randomly.

However, according to the specialist, should the world become The Walking Dead There are two basic equations: diffusion and combinatorial.

Broadly speaking, Wolley explains that the diffusion equation becomes relevant because with it we can determine how quickly we can be reached by a horde of zombies and how much time is available to escape from them depending on the distance.

On the other hand, the combinatorial equation explains aspects such as the speed at which the zombie apocalypse would expand based on clashes with humans. Here, the expert points out that, while the zombie population can increase exponentially, the human population cannot, which is why he maintains that the only way to contain it is to eliminate zombies at a faster rate than they kill us. You know, just like in the movies: shoot and avoid being eaten.

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