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Description
A visualization of the state evolution of a elastic collision cycle in a 1-D box. The slopes are inversely proportional to speed of a disk along the corresponding path.

The two sets of paths trace out identical shapes, but are a half-turn out of phase with each other. This is the case for every possible system of two disks when the speeds and the box width are rationally related.

Description
A visualization of the state evolution of a elastic collision cycle in a 1-D box. The slopes are inversely proportional to speed of a disk along the corresponding path.

The two sets of paths trace out identical shapes, but are a half-turn out of phase with each other. This is the case for every possible system of two disks when the speeds and the box width are rationally related.