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Particle simulator

This page simulates an exponential tug-of-war between two types of dots: particles and absorbers.

  • Blue dots (“particles”) fly straight and bounce off the wall.
  • Two blue dots that collide create a third.
  • Red dots (“absorbers”) destroy any particle they touch.
  • Every particle an absorber eats becomes another absorber.
  • An absorber that goes too long without a meal starves.
  • The simulation stops once the disc is full; the count does not.
Particles
2
Absorbers
0
Disc coverage 0% 
Share above, population below. The dashed line is where neither gains.