Too Bad at Billiards, He Ended Up in the Hyperbolic Plane
I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane [video]
A video about how hopeless billiards skills led to an unexpected detour into the hyperbolic plane. The source page itself was blocked by a CAPTCHA, so the full content could not be retrieved.
I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane.
- Fluorescence
I enjoyed this and it warmed my heart a bit to see 4m views for some math animations. Maybe popular on r/trees or something :)
I was curious what they used to generate the graphic's and it's their own tool:
- ChrisbyMe
This entire youtube channel is a gem btw.
Delightful video on the lambda calculus and other compution concepts
- iamjackg
It reminds me of the billiards segment in Donald in Mathmagic Land[0]. I absolutely adored it as a kid.
- nomilk
The emergent patterns are... stunning. Especially the ones around 2m35s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL9BTbIGxLg&t=2m35s
- buildbot
Wow this is stunningly beautiful and extremely cool. And I learned something I had never heard about.
BRB going to go make hyperbolic outer billards art