Force-Directed 7 Point Star Graph

Nov 23, 2024 4:44 AM

Seven identical charged particles repel each other as they slide on a circular track. Friction eventually brings them to rest as the vertices of a regular heptagon. The lines drawn between them have no effect on the dynamics, but they make a regular 7-pointed star when the system comes to rest.

physics

geometry

simulation

cool

8 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

recognized the style from another I saw the other night and had a look at your posts, you got a knack for small simulations, keep at it! looks like you have a lot of fun with them

8 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Thanks. It certainly is an uncommon style of post for this site

8 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

What program?

8 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's programmed in Spyder (Python package), using Matplotlib for the display

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