Von Neumann's Elephant

[jgharston]

On a Wiki walk earlier I came across Von Neumann's Elephant. This comes from a comment from Von Neumann that "with any four free variables I can model an elephant". In 2010 such a model was discovered:

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      REM > Elephant
      REM Von Neumann's Elephant
      :
      FOR t=0 TO 2*PI STEP PI/1000
        PLOT 640+4*FNx(t),512+4*FNy(t)
      NEXT
      END
      :
      DEFFNx(t)=-60*COS(t)+30*SIN(t)-8*SIN(2*t)+10*SIN(3*t)
      DEFFNy(t)= 50*SIN(t)+18*SIN(2*t)-12*COS(3*t)+14*COS(5*t)

[Richard Russell]

In 2010 such a model was discovered

On a sample of one, not everybody will guess that it is supposed to be an elephant without being told first!

elephant.png

[jgharston]

Well, it's only a model

[Flatlander]

Methinks it is like a weasel.

[DDRM]

Now you are just "cloud"ing the issue....