Under the geocentric model planets follow epicycles in their orbiting the Earth. Any arbitrary epicyclic path can be produced by Fourier transformations, as illustrated in this gif from @InertialObservr:pic.twitter.com/gsnJVELbws
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Replying to @litgenstein @InertialObservr
What software do you use to make such animations? Processing? Python? Or something completely different?
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Replying to @drunkengrass @litgenstein
i made this one in mathematica.. that's where i make most but some i do in python
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Replying to @InertialObservr @litgenstein
Ah, nice. Thank you. I’m always impressed by your maths animations. It helps visualize so much of what I thought was dry and stagnant about maths.
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Replying to @drunkengrass @litgenstein
that's awesome! glad to hear it
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