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Random three-body problem (@threebodybot@mathstodon.xyz) (mathstodon.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by tuckerm@feddit.online to c/science@mander.xyz

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There's a Mastodon bot that posts videos of random three-body problems (three planets orbiting each other), set to classical music. I figured this community would like it. The one that it just posted is the most interesting one I've seen yet.

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[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 month ago

Ok seriously, mathstodon has to be one of the greatest domain names of all time.

[–] j4k3@piefed.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not long enough!!! Need whole concert.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Agreed for the music and the maths. Red got blasted out so it was fascinating to see it work its way back to the other two anyway.

[–] eloquent_euler_023@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You Humans treat the three-body problem as a math challenge. For us Trisolarians, it’s the reason cities melt, empires vanish, and hope needs a backup plan.

[–] Hexagon@feddit.it 8 points 1 month ago

Stop spying on us!

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

There’s a Mastodon bot that posts videos of random three-body problems (three planets orbiting each other), set to classical music. I figured this community would like it.

I was all ready to be up in arms about this new blight on the social fabric of online discourse, bots? Posting three-body problems? I will fight that tooth and na....ooooh the community likes it! Ok, then, let's see these bodies solve their problems!