LOM v1.0atomicLOM v1.02URLhttp://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/node/187856<langstring xml:lang="en">Space travel – some mathematics behind</langstring><langstring xml:lang=""/>enhe “space traveler problem” is a classic optimization problem; students are asked to visit many planetary systems and they have to define the optimal path: the shortest one.
In order to do that, they'd have to compute all the possible paths and select the best.
This would require enumerating all possible permutations. demonstrator astrography space extra-solar planetsLOM v1.0final1.0LOM v1.0authorLOM v1.0publisherAna Inés Gómez de CastroenLOM v1.0LOM v1.0creatorLOM v1.0validatorLOM v1.0browserLOM v1.0anyLOM v1.0osLOM v1.0anytext/htmlhttp://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/node/187856LOM v1.0noLOM v1.0noLOM v1.0activeLOM v1.0mediumLOM v1.0easyLOM v1.0exerciseLOM v1.0simulationLOM v1.0Inquiry-Based TeachingLOM v1.02 didactic hours12-1515-18LOM v1.0DisciplineScienceAstronomy: AstrometryAstronomy: Extrasolar planetsScientific enquiry: Asking questionsScientific enquiry: Recognising limitations of evidence/data/assumptionsScientific enquiry: Scientific investigations - generallyScientific enquiry: Using science to explain