Moose dropped on a simple mathematical function (plus annoying bugs) @animations_ag
Moose dropped on a simple mathematical function (plus annoying bugs)  @animations_ag
Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The moose series never ends, apparently.

This time it continues with 5000 randomly distributed point masses confined to the interior of a moose-shaped contour, the points being released under gravity and falling on the function f(x) = abs(x). This is a non-chaotic system but the points spread out linearly over time and eventually reveals a shockingly nimble moose.

The bug in this system still bugs me. On rare events a ball or two decide to take a non-physical path.

Music: Gravity_Y by @gpcbass. Used before here.

Visuals in Python and FFmpeg.
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Moose dropped on a simple mathematical function (plus annoying bugs)

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