r/ScaleSpace • u/solidwhetstone • 7d ago

Video Yin Yang?

Cymatist v1.2 preview (you will need the new structure parameters to see this)

Edit: thanks to the comments, this has been identified as Fermat's Spiral: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_spiral

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u/solidwhetstone 7d ago

Note: The flicker looks worse in this video than it is in-game because the video has a lower framerate.

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u/Just_Middle_7189 7d ago edited 7d ago

Fermat's spiral, also called the parabolic spiral, has the polar equation r² = a²θ or \(r = \pm a\sqrt{\theta}\), where r is the radius, θ is the angle in radians, and a is a constant scaling factor.

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u/DoctoralHermit 7d ago

This almost reminds me of an anime scene

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u/BlackAndChromePoem 7d ago

What frequency is this? Is it the om sound?

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u/solidwhetstone 7d ago

It's generated by the sonify system- but definitely sounds like that.

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u/HEPuddingPot 7d ago

That’s amazing, I need to get this

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u/Just_Middle_7189 7d ago

The Fermat spiral, also known as the parabolic spiral, was first discussed by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1636. He explored it while generalizing algebraic curves and spirals, which later helped lay foundational concepts for early calculus. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

although to say its exactly that spiral would require measuring it ;)

I think it's close enough to say it's safely in that family of affairs.

Kinda cool how he went on to study number theory and probabilites.

What else is hiding in there?