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You already have so much to do you probably don't want to add more topics! But Particle CAs mesh so well with the rest of the book topics I thought...
In section 8.2, Recursion, the three examples contain a drawCircle function to demonstrate recursion. The last parameter to this function is named "radius", but it is passed to ellipse() as...
Section 8.5 contains the phrase "stochastic (or non-deterministic) fractal". This is technically incorrect; stochastic means random; non-deterministic is more like undefined. These are not equivalent. Some examples of non-deterministic behavior...
In section 7.3, How to Program an Elementary CA, you choose option 1, "Edges remain constant", but don't implement it. When first describing how to use a second newcells array,...
The concept of "maximum speed" for an object is introduced in section 1.8 (as "topspeed"), completely ignored in chapters 2, 3, and 4, then suddenly used again in chapter 6...
In section 6.9, Path Following with Multiple Segments, if the normal point is not between the endpoints, a and b, of some segment, you pretend the end point, b, of...
In section 4.12, Particle Systems with Repellers, the final repeller class code at the end of the section is confusingly different from the code described earlier in the section. Different...
The drag force video did a great job of explaining how many of the items in the drag equation are constants that are combined together into one constant c in...
Section 2.8 on the drag force states that v refers to the speed of the object moving. This is correct, but there is a subtle omission: v refers to the...
There is a small issue in section 2.8 Air and Fluid Resistance: the computed instantaneous drag force can be so large that it causes objects to bounce. This can be...