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j_bertolotti
@j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz  路  activity timestamp last month

#PhysicsFactlet
A geodesics on a surface is the shortest* curve connecting two points.

*or longest, if you want to be pedantic 馃槈

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A initially flat orange surface is gradually deformed. A purple line on top show the shortest curve on the surface between two points.
A initially flat orange surface is gradually deformed. A purple line on top show the shortest curve on the surface between two points.
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j_bertolotti
@j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz replied  路  activity timestamp last month

Released into the #PublicDomain and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons together with the #Mathematica script used to generate it: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geodesics_on_a_surface.gif

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