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Ants on a Square

CalcMedium~15 min· Brain Teasers
Problem

The Problem

A square table has side length 1. Four ants start at the four corners. Each ant picks a direction (clockwise or counterclockwise around the table) uniformly at random and walks at unit speed along the edge.

What is the probability that no ants collide?