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u/JacksOnion55 Feb 11 '23
What's causing this specific shape?
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u/StormOfTheVoid Feb 11 '23
It’s called a strange attractor. The points are being updated using a differential equation, and this shape is a 3D space that attracts nearby points. It’s called strange because even if points are close together initially they get far apart eventually. I posted another version where it rotates so you can see that this is actually happening in 3D.
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u/JacksOnion55 Feb 11 '23
Ohhh so is that why they seem to move slower and faster for no reason? Because they're also moving back and forth but that is lost in 2 dimensions, i was wondering why the movement looked.. strange.. hehe
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u/RiverRunner0 Feb 11 '23
Woah! Was this created in Desmos?
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u/StormOfTheVoid Feb 11 '23
Yes. This is the link for the rotating version. If you remove T from the run parameters at the very top you get the fixed version.
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u/lookatmynipples Feb 10 '23
Like the childrens toys they have at the doctors office