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I like the vaguely mathematical connotation of the word "ornament" here, I have never encountered that as a technical term before. It makes me realize that orna
by alanbernstein 6y ago
I like the vaguely mathematical connotation of the word "ornament" here, I have never encountered that as a technical term before. It makes me realize that ornament is a good description for many of my favorite mathematical concepts/structures.
Your comment reminds me of the search for the mandelbulb fractal. It seems a fitting comparison, a bulb being a sort of ornament.
Anyway, interesting work.
- gbh444g 6y agoAn ornament is something that's almost invariant under some transforms. For example, these ACF images are almost invariant under some rotations. Sound waves are almost invariant under temporal shifts. I'd argue that what makes an ornament look good is the ease of recognizing those transforms and what makes sound sound sound is the ease of recognizing those temporal shifts.