/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac Madness.java * Execution: java Madness * * Plots a parametric figure which A. K. Dewdney refers to as * Miller's Madness. * * Reference: The Magic Machine by A. K. Dewdney. This figure * was designed by Stanley S. Miller, a management consultant. * * ******************************************************************************/ public class Madness { public static void main(String[] args) { StdDraw.setXscale(-1.7, +1.7); StdDraw.setYscale(-1.1, +1.1); double x0 = -0.7, y0 = 1.0; for (double t = 0.0; true; t += 0.01) { double x1 = Math.sin(0.99*t) - 0.7*Math.cos(3.01*t); double y1 = Math.cos(1.01*t) + 0.1*Math.sin(15.03*t); StdDraw.line(x0, y0, x1, y1); x0 = x1; y0 = y1; } } }