Fractal emerging from chaos in a circle @animations

Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Shown is a ball bouncing in a circle under gravity for many start positions. The sixth bounce is associated with a color of the circle for colouring a "pixel" representing the start position. For a relatively high pixel density, the resulting image becomes a fractal. In the very end, a corresponding image for 10 bounces is shown, indicating, unsurprisingly, a more chaotic behaviour.

Music by @gpcbass! The song is called Cayenne.

$Fractal emerging from chaos in a circle Shown is a ball bouncing in a circle under gravity for many start positions. The sixth bounce is associated with a color of the circle for colouring a pixel representing the start position. For a relatively high pixel density, the resulting image becomes a fractal. In the very end, a corresponding image for 10 bounces is shown, indicating, unsurprisingly, a more chaotic behaviour. Music by @gpcbass! The song is called Cayenne.$

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