Mini WorldLaplace
Plate M03 Any Closed Line, Drawn by Turning Circles

Mathematics

Circles, numbers, collisions and chance. Each page is a mathematical model in motion.

3 plates

Plates 3

  1. Plate M01 Life from a Smooth Rule EmergenceGoing further Melt the squares, the ticks and the life-or-death of Conway’s Game of Life, and a small thing swims out of the numbers, with a body and a tail, healing when it is bitten. Its whole law is one ring and one bell-shaped curve. Open
  2. Plate M02 Counting Clacks, Finding π DynamicsGoing further Two blocks and a wall, and a count of the collisions. Each time the large block gets 100 times heavier, the count gains another digit of π. Open
  3. Plate M03 Any Closed Line, Drawn by Turning Circles AnalysisGoing further A chain of arrows, head to tail, each turning at a whole-number speed: the last tip can draw any closed line. Open