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I don't think that's quite right actually. The first solution is like releasing gas molecules into a vacuum. They random walk and collide their way gradually
by supernova87a 4y ago
I don't think that's quite right actually. The first solution is like releasing gas molecules into a vacuum. They random walk and collide their way gradually diffusing out. That is taking a long time, as you can observe.
If the maze were already filled with a gas, and a fan were pressurizing the whole thing from one end, a pressure wave would be traveling through the maze towards the exit, sending the first particle out the door much faster.
- taeric 4y agoNotably, they are not colliding with each other, I don't think. That is what he meant by adding pressure. If you made it more like a "flood fill" of the maze, where new particles are pushing into the maze, that would be similar. Though, I would guess that the earlier particles added would be higher probability to get out first. (Which would fit the intuition.)