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<journal-title>International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics Research</journal-title>
<issn pub-type="epub">2789-9160</issn>
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<publisher-name>SvedbergOpen</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="other">ijpamr-1-1-004</article-id>
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<article-doi><ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xmlns:xlink="https://doi.org/" xlink:href="10.51483/IJPAMR.1.1.2021.48-54">10.51483/IJPAMR.1.1.2021.48-54</ext-link></article-doi>
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<subject>Research Paper</subject>
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<article-title>Simple Close Curve Magnetization and Application to Bellman&#x2019;s Lost in the Forest Problem</article-title>
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<name><surname>T.</surname><given-names>Agama</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff001"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor001"><sup>*</sup></xref>
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<aff id="aff001"><sup>1</sup><deptname>Department of Mathematics, African Institute for Mathematical Science</deptname>, <instcity>Ghana</instcity>. E-mail: <email>theophilus@aims.edu.gh</email>/<email>emperordagama@yahoo.com</email></aff>
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<corresp id="cor001"><sup>*</sup>Corresponding author: T. Agama, <deptname>Department of Mathematics, African Institute for Mathematical Science</deptname>, <instcountry>Ghana</instcountry>. E-mail: <email>theophilus@aims.edu.gh</email>/<email>emperordagama@yahoo.com</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<month>10</month>
<year>2021</year>
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<volume>1</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>48</fpage>
<lpage>54</lpage>
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<title>Abstract</title>
<p>In this paper we introduce and develop the notion of simple close curve magnetization. We provide an application to Bellman&#x2019;s lost in the forest problem assuming special geometric conditions between the hiker and the boundary of the forest.</p>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>Simple close curve</kwd>
<kwd>Magnetization</kwd>
<kwd>Magnetic field</kwd>
<kwd>Bellman</kwd>
<kwd>Forest</kwd>
<kwd>Hiker</kwd>
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