/sphere-eversion-animation

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Thurston's sphere eversion algorithm

Animation of Thurston's sphere eversion

Ported to javascript and visualized using three.js.

Here is the famous explainer video Outside In. And more info about the source C++ program here

From what i can tell this algorithm almost forgotten on the internet. Almost 3/4 of the links i find are dead. I hope this project can help keep it alive.

Try it Yourself

If you want to play with this app without downloading the source code, here's a demo link: Sphere Eversion Demo

Up and running

Requirements

You don't necessarily need these same versions, but I'm listing the ones I used):

  • git (version 2.34.1 )
  • node (version 21.4.0 )
  • npm (version 10.2.4)

Commands

git clone https://github.com/josephmfaulkner/sphere-eversion-animation.git
cd sphere-eversion-animation
npm install
npm start