Rubber Pencil Illusion

An attempt to model the famous "Rubber Pencil Illusion" mathematically. Plenty of content is available on the Internet describing how to perform this simple illusion, but I've found little else out there to explore the math/physics behind it.

 

Hisham Amir

 
Baliabide-mota
Lan-orria
Fitxak
cosine  harmonic  motion  sine  sinusoidal  trigonometry 
Helburu-taldea (adina)
15 – 18
Hizkuntza
English (United States)
 
 
GeoGebra-bertsioa
4.0
Ikustaldiak
1249
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Rubber Pencil Illusion
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