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Oscillation

Circular movements

• Angles, cycles and forces
• Polar coordinates and angle functions

Waves

• Harmonic and other waves
• Sound and light
• Springs and pendulums

Complex harmonic motion

• Lissajous courve, rose curve, lemniscate
• Double pendulum and chaos

p5.sound.js

• Oscillators and oscilloscopes

Optional: Fourier transformation and complex numbers

Studio

All code files can be found here: https://github.com/jbenno/nyuad_decoding_nature/tree/master/Files/03

• Harmonic oscillation - a spring
• How oscillation and the circle are connected
• Polar coordinates and Polar coordinates using the translate function
• Rose figures
• Lissajou curve
• Pendulum
• Double pendulum

Acoustics

• Oscilloscope
• Just Intervals and Tempered Tuning

Complex numbers

• Complex numbers: Demo that uses a class for complex numbers
• Domain colouring: Visualisation of complex function

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