The connection between cats and physics has a long history. It is enough to recall the famous Schrödinger’s mental experiment or a recent comic study that proved the ability of cats to be at the same time liquid and With a solid body (by the way, it even received the Shnobel Prize). Now the physicist Dr. Anksso Biasi from the Galician Institute of High Energy Physics went even further by developing mathematical equation describing cat activity.
The scientist did not limit himself to the behavior of the animal separately. Instead, he immediately took up the more complex task of two bodies – the interaction of a cat with a person. The research was based on observations of a home cat named Eme (she is in the photo from below), although the author also consulted with friends who have extensive experience in communicating with animals or have his pets.
Biasi began with the basic hypothesis that cats behave as if they were feeling a certain power around a person. In his model, he placed a person in the center of coordinates (x = 0), and he designated the position of the cat as x. The basic equation takes into account the mass of the animal (m) and the coefficient of friction caused by its fatigue (ϵ).
Based on the observations of Eme, the researcher identified seven behavioral patterns. He attributed to low-energy states such phenomena as sitting on his knees, ignoring human calls, distraction, and vibrational movements during stroking.
Biasi is considering the purring as an example of a self-supporting system. According to him, when a cat is ironed and it begins to purr, a person has an impulse in a person, which makes this action continue, which enhances the stability of the process. Definitely, many important things, perhaps even serious physical discoveries, were laid out due to a purring cat on the knees.
The scientist paid separate attention to the Phenomenon of “Zumi” (also known as periods of frenetic random activity or Frap) – a state of increased energy when the cat rushes around the house without a visible purpose. To simulate this phenomenon, it was necessary to introduce a randomization function, since even the cat itself does not know where it will rush at the next moment.
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