Some cool gifs of gravity simulation (this time with resistive force)

The gravitating circle

The results are very different when the timestep is $10^{-5}$ instead of $10^{-4}$ :

Some other randomised simulations with resistive force

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Comments

These are fun to watch with both attraction and repulsion

Steven Chase - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Indeed; these collisions are quite nice.

Krishna Karthik - 4 months, 2 weeks ago

lol i made a corona-transferring simulation where there are multiple circles but they have random speeds and directions and whenever they collide they transfer corona

A Former Brilliant Member - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Haha lmao, that must be fun. Please make a discussion about it so I can see it too! :)

Krishna Karthik - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

K, I'll make it sometime later. I'm supposed to be in class now lol

A Former Brilliant Member - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – r.i.p my class. itis done on June 18 ;c, I like school it is very good. I am going to 9th grade, I AM GOING TO MISS MY SCHOOL !~!

OOFMATION ANIMATION - 1 week, 1 day ago

This reminded me of a game I liked, I can't look away from this.

OOFMATION ANIMATION - 4 months, 1 week ago

Powder toy? Yeah, powder toy's quite nice.

Krishna Karthik - 4 months, 1 week ago

yeah I like it :D

OOFMATION ANIMATION - 4 months, 1 week ago

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Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$