Programming with Escher

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110points
17comments
#410of 2,242 in 2017
Top 19%of 2017 by points

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2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.

Docs: 2 for, 1 against

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What people liked

  • Clear and useful tutorial for learning recursive drawing

    From 2 comments
    • Also this one, below the definition of `nonet()` :) > to obtain the desider result Awesome post!
      cauthon on HN
    • The article references the Henderson Escher example, which is nicely surmised in a SICP lecture from '86: SICP-3A video…
      hatsuseno on HN

Requests

  • Add backward drawing or inverse mapping explanation

    From 2 comments
    • Ok for forward drawing, what about backward drawing ? i.e. finding the (u,v) of the fish image from the (x,y) inside the infinite square ?
      ttoinou on HN
    • Yes that's what I meant thx The same question goes Escher Infinite Circle. I know it has something to do with Poincaré Disk Model but can't figure it out
      ttoinou on HN
  • Link repository from rendered output

    From 1 comment
    • It might make sense to link to the repository with Jupiter notebook, https://github.com/mapio/programming-with-escher in the rendered output for the convenience of the reader. If…
      brudgers on HN

Questions

  • How to compute inverse mapping for the Escher square limit

    From 2 comments
    • Ok for forward drawing, what about backward drawing ? i.e. finding the (u,v) of the fish image from the (x,y) inside the infinite square ?
      ttoinou on HN
    • Yes that's what I meant thx The same question goes Escher Infinite Circle. I know it has something to do with Poincaré Disk Model but can't figure it out
      ttoinou on HN

Alternatives named

  • SICP lecture Escher example

    From 1 comment
    • The article references the Henderson Escher example, which is nicely surmised in a SICP lecture from '86: SICP-3A video…
      hatsuseno on HN
  • Shadertoy

    From 1 comment
    • I learned "Forward Mapping" in a scientific paper when I was creating my own morphing and deformations algorithms, I don't remember which paper. (Some Googled links I just found…
      ttoinou on HN

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