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The process of determining the best solution among all possible solutions given a set of constraints.

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Is there a closed form solution to the Esdale river problem?

This is not a complete solution but too long comment. Let as assume that the river width is $L$ and that the swimmer goes all the time at least a little towards the riverbank, so that $x(t)$ is stric …
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Is there a closed form solution to the Esdale river problem?

This is probably not well known problem but it looks like open problem. What kind of methods there are to find a closed form solution to the physical situation? Can you solve this problem? You're …
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