Rec | VECTOR FIELDS!

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i love to play with numbers!!!! we use vector fields to describe electromagnetic fields, gravitation, ocean currents. they’re like beautiful mathematical wood grains. vector fields guide curves like the path of a leaf in a stream I personally think they look like ermine fur. when was the last time you did math like it was art?

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5d ago

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@corduroy

i often wish i had the patience for all the boring math i would have to learn to understand the cool math

5d ago

@snaildreamz

@CORDUROY a good teacher makes all the difference. as a fine art student I often question my place in the world of mathematics- but I have to tell you- there’s a place for you if you want it

5d ago

@peskydog

i’m currently in an electrodynamics course and oh my god the beauty of electromagnetism and its fields is absolutely stunning! we live in such a beautiful reality it is such a joy learning about the art imbued into the fabric of our existence! the invisible curls and flows of an electric field is just as beautiful as the eddies and rapids of a flowing river. both are nature expressing herself, one is just hidden behind relationships and differentials

5d ago

@schmichael

@PESKYDOG wish i could add this image directly in the comments but the symmetries in electrodynamics are super neat https://beautiful.makie.org/dev/assets/streamplot.CEvfsLQm.png

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@peskydog

@SCHMICHAEL YES YOU GET IT! Symmettric flow of invisible influence! our universe is so so beautiful it is such privelege to learn how it ticks

5d ago

@snaildreamz

@PESKYDOG @SCHMICHAEL thank u so much for sharing that image ⭐️🌟dazzling shapes

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@mirche

Wind patterns <3

5d ago

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