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Why, though? Just because it’s pretty? Edit: their application to smooth path generation is pretty interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_transitio
by taneq 4y ago
Why, though? Just because it’s pretty?
Edit: their application to smooth path generation is pretty interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_transition_curve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_transition_curve
- sidlls 4y agoThey have applications all over physics.
- taneq 4y agoYep, cool. It's much more fun to discuss something if you have some kind of starting point for discussion, though. There seems to be a number of interesting things about these - which ones were OP thinking of? Otherwise it's just a random wiki link.
- exmadscientist 4y agoStrongly agreed. Why are these more interesing than the Airy functions? What's cool about them today? Posting random Wikipedia links is about as interesting as posting random dictionary entries. I'd much rather see a short intro or at least comment on the article rather than just a link.
- Agentlien 4y agoI disagree about random Wikipedia link. While I sometimes wish for more context, most times when a link to a Wikipedia page hits the front page I read the article and learn something cool and unexpected.
- kragen 4y agoWhen I scanned the Oxford English Dictionary, that happened to me often with random dictionary entries. I probably spent as much time reading random dictionary entries as I spent actually scanning the damn thing.
- Yajirobe 4y ago
- mcnamaratw 4y agoI think the Wikipedia article shows that the original importance of the Fresnel integral is in optics. It's also a precursor to the Feynman path integral way of thinking. The plot may or may not be pretty, but that's not why it matters in engineering and physics.