• Question: If the world were made of triangles would circles exist? If so, how?

    Asked by jassycrocks to Alessandro, Angela, Claudia, Marina, Phil on 11 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Phillip Wilkinson

      Phillip Wilkinson answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      Given infinite triangles you could make a circle. Using fewer triangles you can approximate a circle, the more triangles the better the approximation. This is why the ‘polygon count’ in games is so important in video game graphics.

      Interestingly enough… its debatable whether perfect circles actually exist in nature anyway. Same with straight lines.

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