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A complex number contains two components: a real number and a complex part which is a coefficient multiplied by sqrt(-1). Quaternions have four components [0]. Has anyone discovered a kind of number that contains three components? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion
Thanks so much for adding the sample pictures.
It was made in 1kb for the JS1K demo competition: https://js1k.com/2018-coins/demo/3124
Detailed source code: https://github.com/xem/epicycles/blob/gh-pages/index.html
Controls:
- Arrow keys: up / down to change the number of gears, left to toggle intermediate paths, right to clear the scene.
- Mouse: click to add points to the path
Need UI sliders for animation speed, # of arrows, hiding arrows! This is sick.
I fed it a picture of St Javelina of Ukraine, and the output was amazing. Is there any way to save/load the Fourier coefficients?