mufeedvh / tupperplot

Tupper's self-referential formula plotting itself on a framebuffer with Rust.

tupperplot 📐

Tupper's self-referential formula plotting itself on a framebuffer... and Pacman and the Euler's identity too!

What's this formula?

Tupper's self-referential formula is a formula that visually represents itself when graphed at a specific location in the (x, y) plane.^[src]

Resources

• Wikipedia
• Numberphile's Video

Installation

Compile:

$ git clone https://github.com/mufeedvh/tupperplot.git
$ cd tupperplot/
$ cargo run --release

Linux Dependencies:

$ sudo apt install libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-dev

Usage

Generate Tupper's self-referential formula itself:

$ tupperplot tuppers

Generate Pacman Plot:

$ tupperplot pacman

Generate Euler's Identity Plot:

$ tupperplot euler

Implementation Details

• BigNumber / BigInt - https://github.com/rust-num/num-bigint
• Bitmap Rendering - https://github.com/sondrele/rust-bmp
• Bitmap Manipulation - https://github.com/AlecDivito/rustbitmap
• Framebuffer - https://github.com/emoon/rust_minifb

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