Angle convergence conjecture for cyclic pursuit on compact manifolds

Let MM be a compact manifold, let {bi(t)}iZ/n\{b_i(t)\}_{i\in \mathbb{Z}/n} be pursuit curves, and let li(t)l_i(t) and θi(t)\theta_i(t) denote the associated edge lengths and angles. Angle convergence conjecture. If li(t)>0l_i(t)>0 for every iZ/ni\in\mathbb{Z}/n and every t0t\geq 0, then

θi(t)0\theta_i(t)\rightarrow 0

for every iZ/ni\in\mathbb{Z}/n. This conjecture would imply convergence to a closed geodesic, or a point, on compact manifolds whose space of closed geodesics is discrete; the supplied source does not state that it has been resolved.

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Dmitri Gekhtman, “Cyclic Pursuit on Compact Manifolds”, arXiv:1602.03259 (2016).

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