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14
Jan
Parabolic Beams

Parabolic Beams

I love thinking of parabolas as being formed with a directrix and focus. Coming from a background in trajectory analysis, I find the abstract relationships of the curve to the point and line beautiful. When a light shines through the focus of a parabolic mirror, the light reflected is orthogonal to
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13
Nov
Swirled Series Challenge

Swirled Series Challenge

I decided to join Craig S. Kaplan’s Swirled Series Challenge. I played the last two nights and have some draft GIFs below. I don’t have a ton of time, but it’s stuff like this that relaxes me at night. I look forward to seeing what people come up with. I still need to export a […]
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24
Oct
The Point? Dimensions

The Point? Dimensions

“The Point of Evolution” started as a Mathober doodle and led to this GIF. Dimensions are fun – what do you see? what do you notice? Side Note: I talk about dimensions when covering combining like terms. One analogy – A 3D banana can’t combine with a 2D banana (or whatever noun seems to go […]
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25
Sep
From the Void

From the Void

Hexagon and parametric spiral play. I find myself doodling with code lately more than with my pen. I have one more scripting algebra post, but feel like I have a much larger library for a pre-calc set of activities. Thoughts? The GIF is too large for this site or twitter, so I stashed it on […]
16
Sep
Expanded

Expanded

With commas: Without commas:
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13
Sep
Foiled by a Foil

Foiled by a Foil

I couldn’t resist this GIF for my algebra students. Foiling can be such fun!
12
Sep
Moiré GIF: by Opal

Moiré GIF: by Opal

My daughter started playing with moiré in procreate after I fiddled with it in a previous post. You know we breathe math in our home. She wanted to share:
05
Sep
Menger Sponge Cat in Space

Menger Sponge Cat in Space

High res: Low res:
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02
Sep
Hex-a-Sierpinski

Hex-a-Sierpinski

So I doodled and was pleasantly surprised when Sierpinski-like triangles formed. I am sure that a million people have discovered this before me, but I felt like I found a magic portal. And that lead to coding (of which is currently a mess, and I will post later). And one more version:
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24
Aug
Coffee = Donut

Coffee = Donut

I know it is an obvious one, but it’s what I doodled tonight…

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