Physicist reveals secret of cats' strange behavior in human presence
Spanish physicist Ancho Biasi has developed an equation that describes the dynamics of cats' movements near humans.
The researcher based his calculations on the behavior of the experimental cat.
Biasi wanted to use the example of a cat to demonstrate several concepts of classical mechanics, according to an article in the scientific publication American Journal of Physics.
A physicist has constructed an equation that models a cat's behavior around a person.
He regarded the animal as a unit capable of moving in the potential of man.
The physicist used models of everyday communication with a cat for this purpose.
Biasi took the following into account when constructing the equation:
- x(t) ∈ R is the position of the cat at time t relative to the person located at point x = 0.
In this case, m > 0 is the mass of the cat, ϵ > 0 is the coefficient of friction to take into account the cat’s fatigue.
The scientist considered the purring of a cat as a mechanism of interaction with a person.
When petted, the cat begins to purr, and people feel the desire to continue petting.
According to Biasi, this increases the stability of the process.
