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🐆 Cheetah and Gazelle Pursuit Curves: Pure Pursuit vs Lead Interception and Turning Radius

The geometry of a savanna chase: a cheetah that always runs at the gazelle follows a pursuit curve, one that leads the gazelle intercepts sooner, and lateral acceleration limits decide who wins a jink. Closed-form capture times are checked against the time-stepped chase.

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The geometry of a savanna chase: a cheetah that always runs at the gazelle follows a pursuit curve, one that leads the gazelle intercepts sooner, and lateral acceleration limits decide a jink. Closed-form reach times are checked against the time-stepped chase.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install