How Good Can We Get? Using mathematical models to predict the future of athletics
Abstract
Track and field world records have risen and fallen throughout the history of the sport. A recent rash of record-breaking performances has prompted the question: "How good can we get?". This article offers a review of several attempts to answer this question, based on mathematical modeling of key physiological processes. The predictions are compared with present-day world records, and a discussion of the future of athletics ensues...
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 1998
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.physics/9803034
- arXiv:
- arXiv:physics/9803034
- Bibcode:
- 1998physics...3034M
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Popular Physics
- E-Print:
- 9pp, LaTeX (no figures)