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These are really neat, but one thing I don't understand is the animation they linked to (i.e. the post that inspired the OP) [1]. Unlike the animations in mathg
by icambron 13y ago
These are really neat, but one thing I don't understand is the animation they linked to (i.e. the post that inspired the OP) [1]. Unlike the animations in mathgifs, my brain isn't interpreting anything there as rotational motion. Am I missing something?
[1] http://beautyandthemaths.tumblr.com/post/62281036101/the-average-gatsby-there-is-zero-rotational http://beautyandthemaths.tumblr.com/post/62281036101/the-ave...
- mythealias 13y agoThat was the same with me. I guess it is because the dots are already colored, thus leading one's focus towards the translation. However if you ignore the colors and imagine a 3-petal flower, then you can see the flowers rotate counter-clockwise. Try following the outer edges where the density of dots is sparse and less confusing to form a mental image of the petal.
- kh_hk 13y agoZoom out
- icambron 13y agoTried that-- didn't seem to help.
- laumars 13y agoThe dots are further spaced apart so so your eyes are drawn towards individual balls rather than the image as a whole. Plus as the balls are already coloured and you have ball tails, it's easier to see the ball paths. Also, worth mentioning is the balls on this follow a subtly different path as they don't intersect the centre of the shape like they do in the article's gif.