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Somewhat rough implementation to generate Ford circles, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farey_sequence#Ford_circles.
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(ns ford-circles | |
(:use quil.core quil.applet)) | |
(def screen-w 1920) | |
(def screen-h 1080) | |
; This would likely be deemed a hack by a seasoned mathematician; | |
; I am sure there is a more efficient incantation to produce these numbers. | |
(defn farey-seq [n] | |
(apply sorted-set | |
(filter #(< % 1) | |
(let [ns (range 1 (inc n))] | |
(for [p ns q ns] (/ p q)))))) | |
(defn setup [] | |
(background 0) | |
(smooth) | |
(no-stroke) | |
(no-loop) | |
) | |
; Circles correspondent with the same q value will be drawn with the same color; | |
; this makes the resultant drawing symmetric. | |
(defn draw [] | |
(let [[r b] [(random 256) (random 256)]] | |
(doseq [n (farey-seq 20)] | |
(let [p (numerator n) | |
q (denominator n) | |
d (/ screen-w (* q q)) | |
c (map #(mod % 255) [(* r q) 0 (* b q)]) | |
x (* screen-w n) | |
y (- (* screen-h 0.67) (* 0.5 d))] | |
(apply fill c) | |
(ellipse x y d d)) | |
) | |
) | |
(save "ford-circles.png") | |
) | |
(defsketch main | |
:title "ford circles" | |
:setup setup | |
:draw draw | |
:size [screen-w screen-h] | |
:renderer :opengl | |
) |
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