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scott wrote:
> collisions and the game goes on, the range of the expected position will
> grow exponentially.
In particular, it's caused to a great extent by the balls being convex,
thereby amplifying any difference between predicted and actual.
> It probably means that even with perfect knowledge
> of the starting positions, after 10 shots with multiple collisions the
> best you could say is that you're 99% sure the balls will be on the
> table :-)
The calculation I remember was after 15 shots you can't tell if any are on
the table. :-)
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