Day 8, "Chaos". Strange attractors are a classic example of chaotic systems, where small changes in initial conditions lead to vastly different outcomes. Here, I implemented a variation of the De Jong attractor.
The sketch picks random parameters for the equations and then plots the points generated by iterating the equations from a starting point. The result is a complex, swirling pattern that never exactly repeats, demonstrating the sensitive dependence on initial conditions characteristic of chaotic systems.
Click the frame to generate a new attractor. Click here to open full screen.