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Mathematical Billiards (2024)structures.uni-heidelberg.de

Blog of the STRUCTURES Cluster of Excellence. On this blog we show pictures of interesting structures related to our research in the STRUCTURES Cluster, and we give you an idea what they are, how they come about, and…

17 points•vismit2000•11 days ago•3 comments•
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seritools11 days ago
I assume posted because of the latest 2swap video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL9BTbIGxLg
cadamsdotcom11 days ago
Holy crap that was dope. The music, the colors, the pacing.. just an absolute work of art by 2swap - and from the sounds of the end of the video, many many collaborators!

Thanks for sharing!

srean11 days ago
They are a fun way to demonstrate LCM and GCD too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic_billiards

With curved reflecting boundaries and parallel rays you get the beauty of catacaustics. A familiar site in a cup of coffee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caustic_(mathematics)

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