Soliton Dynamics (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Soliton Dynamics

Caption

The colored surface at top charts the oscillating angles of a coupled line of swinging pendulums. The red curve, constructed from this chart, has the mathematical shape of a folding film floating on a liquid, as illustrated by the experimental film shown in blue below the curve.

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Courtesy of Thomas Witten and Haim Diamant

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