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I'm not sure whether or not he did this first, but it's very similar to an extremely impressive, but old and well-known illustration of the power of Fourier ana
by seanhunter 2y ago
I'm not sure whether or not he did this first, but it's very similar to an extremely impressive, but old and well-known illustration of the power of Fourier analysis in which you construct a "Fourier epicycle" (think: machine made of circular gears of different ratios) that can sketch any image. 3blue1brown has a great video on Fourier Epicycles but you can also get the idea here https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/171755/how-can-i-draw-a-homer-with-epicycloids https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/171755/how-c...
- iamwil 2y agoOr check out drawing Homer Simpson with the same technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVuU2YCwHjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVuU2YCwHjw
- floxy 2y agoAlso of potential interest is Kempe's Universailty Theroem which states you can draw any (polynomial) shape with a set of mechanical linkages. Like one that will sign your name. https://academic.oup.com/plms/article/s1-7/1/213/1570315?login=false https://academic.oup.com/plms/article/s1-7/1/213/1570315?log... http://www.koutschan.de/data/link/ http://www.koutschan.de/data/link/
- dekhn 2y agodamn, I got nerdsniped again