The Plague Maths Project

 I have been asked to investigate and find a formula, which shows patterns of disease. This disease is spreading every day inside this room. The person who is carrying the disease has a contagious disease which means it will spread throughout this room. There are three cases of this disease, which I have been asked to investigate. The disease can be passed only in straight lines (up, down. left, right). The disease spreads one square away from the already infected one. These diagrams below show how the disease is spreading.

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The 1st case

 The first case I have been asked to see is where one person is standing in the centre of the room. This person is infected. On day one this person is the only one infected but as the days go on it will spread in all directions.

The 2nd case

 The second case I am investigating is when another person is standing up against one of the walls in the room. This means that the disease will spread differently then the 1st case. It also means that ...

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