Elastic Collisions
What happens when two circles collide in a p5.js canvas? In this video, I examine the math and implement idealized elastic collisions in a JavaScript physics simulation. This video supplements the Nature of Code book series in Chapter 6 which uses 3rd party physics libraries to ...
The Nature of Code book (2024 p5.js edition)
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Wikipedia article discussing elastic collisions.
Introduction to solving collisions without complicated trigonometry.
Explanation and derivation for formula of elastic collisions, by Dipam Sen.
- Editing
by Mathieu Blanchette
- Animations
by Jason Heglund