3D Billiard Loop in a Rectangular Box
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This Demonstration shows a path of a billiard ball in a 3D box that returns to its starting point, hitting each face once.
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Contributed by: Franz Pichler (November 2012)
Suggested by: Stan Wagon
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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To ensure a closed path in a rectangular box, the direction from the starting point (red point) needs to be parallel to a space diagonal.
Since the path does not depend on the coordinate system, all parts of the path are parallel to one space diagonal.
The length of the path is twice the length of a space diagonal.
Permanent Citation
"3D Billiard Loop in a Rectangular Box"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/3DBilliardLoopInARectangularBox/
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Published: November 29 2012