Abstract
We show in this note how to interpret logarithmic spiral tilings as one-dimensional particle systems undergoing inelastic collapse. By deforming the spirals ap-propriately, we can simulate collisions among particles with distinct or varying coefficients of restitution. Our geometric constructions provide a strikingly simple illustration of a widely studied phenomenon in the physics of dissipative gases: the collapse of inelastic particles.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 197-203 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Computational Geometry |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2022 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geometry and Topology
- Computer Science Applications
- Computational Theory and Mathematics