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With the paths of the pursuer and pursuee parametrised in time, the pursuee is always on the pursuer's Tangent . That is, given ''F(t)'' the pursuer (follower) and ''L(t)'' the pursuee (leader), there is for every ''t'' with ''F''′(t)≠0 an ''x'' such that
:L(t)=F(t)+xF^\prime(t).

Typical drawings of curves of pursuit have each point acting as both pursuers and pursuees, inside a Polygon , and having each pursuer pursue the adjacent point on the polygon.

See Tractrix .


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