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A weird wallpaper.
#genuary17 follow-up.

#genuary #creativecoding #art

Borromean trefoils

#Genuary17 Wallpaper groups

#Genuary #Genuary2026 #AlgorithmicArt #CreativeCoding #Processing #glsl #shaders #hexagons

#genuary17 - Pi is 4? When contemplating how to approach this one, I recalled the fascinating Monte Carlo methods for calculating pi, like counting how many random dots fall inside a circle, or Buffon's needle experiment. A method unfamiliar to me until now method is based on random walk. I had to code it up and try it, and then thought about what would have to change to make pi come out to be 4. Instead of a random walk where each step is randomly either -1 or 1, the steps would need to be approximately -0.885 or +0.885. This image visualizes the difference, with the cream color walks for the regular pi, and the turquoise paths the "pi=4". #pi #randomwalk #genuary #genuary2025

#genuary17 - Pi is 4? When contemplating how to approach this one, I recalled the fascinating Monte Carlo methods for calculating pi, like counting how many random dots fall inside a circle, or Buffon's needle experiment. A method unfamiliar to me until now method is based on random walk. I had to code it up and try it, and then thought about what would have to change to make pi come out to be 4. Instead of a random walk where each step is randomly either -1 or 1, the steps would need to be approximately -0.885 or +0.885. This image visualizes the difference, with the cream color walks for the regular pi, and the turquoise paths the "pi=4". #pi #randomwalk #genuary #genuary2025

#genuary17 - Pi is 4? When contemplating how to approach this one, I recalled the fascinating Monte Carlo methods for calculating pi, like counting how many random dots fall inside a circle, or Buffon's needle experiment. A method unfamiliar to me until now method is based on random walk. I had to code it up and try it, and then thought about what would have to change to make pi come out to be 4. Instead of a random walk where each step is randomly either -1 or 1, the steps would need to be approximately -0.885 or +0.885. This image visualizes the difference, with the cream color walks for the regular pi, and the turquoise paths the "pi=4". #pi #randomwalk #genuary #genuary2025

#genuary17 - Pi is 4? When contemplating how to approach this one, I recalled the fascinating Monte Carlo methods for calculating pi, like counting how many random dots fall inside a circle, or Buffon's needle experiment. A method unfamiliar to me until now method is based on random walk. I had to code it up and try it, and then thought about what would have to change to make pi come out to be 4. Instead of a random walk where each step is randomly either -1 or 1, the steps would need to be approximately -0.885 or +0.885. This image visualizes the difference, with the cream color walks for the regular pi, and the turquoise paths the "pi=4". #pi #randomwalk #genuary #genuary2025

#genuary17 - Pi is 4? When contemplating how to approach this one, I recalled the fascinating Monte Carlo methods for calculating pi, like counting how many random dots fall inside a circle, or Buffon's needle experiment. A method unfamiliar to me until now method is based on random walk. I had to code it up and try it, and then thought about what would have to change to make pi come out to be 4. Instead of a random walk where each step is randomly either -1 or 1, the steps would need to be approximately -0.885 or +0.885. This image visualizes the difference, with the cream color walks for the regular pi, and the turquoise paths the "pi=4". #pi #randomwalk #genuary #genuary2025

Illustrated fake-proof that π=4

The length of the green border is constant; always 4 times the diameter of the circle yet it can be made to approach arbitrarily close to the circumference
#genuary #genuary17 #genuary2024 #CreativeCoding #Processing #Mathsodon #maths #mathematics #geometry

Day 17 – A grid inside a grid inside a grid.

#genuary #genuary2023 #genuary17 #blender #b3d #geometrynodes #generativeart #phenakistiscope #zoetrope #stroboscope #animation

"""
sketch_2022_01_17 #genuary #genuary17 #Python #Processing

Code for #py5 (py5coding.org) imported mode

Recursive grid - I'm always grateful for Takao Shunsuke's inspiration.

#トゥートProcessing #TootProcessing
"""

def setup():
size(1024, 1024)
no_loop()

def draw():
background(0)
grid(0, 0, width, 4)
save_frame('###.png')

def grid(grid_x, grid_y, grid_size, n):
cell_size = grid_size / n
for i in range(n):
x = grid_x + i * cell_size
for j in range(n):
y = grid_y + j * cell_size
if cell_size < 20:
fill(x % 255, 200, y % 255)
circle(x + cell_size / 2,
y + cell_size / 2,
cell_size)
elif n == 1:
fill(0, 0, 200)
square(x, y, cell_size)
else:
next_n = int(random(1, 5))
grid(x, y, cell_size, next_n)

def key_pressed():
redraw()