Professor Shares Student AI Animation of z Squared
Steven Strogatz challenged his students to animate complex function mappings after a class demonstration.
Steven Strogatz, a Cornell professor of applied mathematics, posted that he demonstrated visualizing a complex function w equals f of z as a mapping to his class. He then challenged the students to create an animation of the concept. One student responded by producing an animation through what Strogatz called vibe coding. Strogatz included a clip in his post showing the result of applying z squared to a figure he referred to as Murray. The post presents the work as an example of using AI to engage students with the material.
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Professor Shares Student AI Animation of z Squared
Steven Strogatz challenged his students to animate complex function mappings after a class demonstration.
Steven Strogatz, a Cornell professor of applied mathematics, posted that he demonstrated visualizing a complex function w equals f of z as a mapping to his class. He then challenged the students to create an animation of the concept. One student responded by producing an animation through what Strogatz called vibe coding. Strogatz included a clip in his post showing the result of applying z squared to a figure he referred to as Murray. The post presents the work as an example of using AI to engage students with the material.
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Steven Strogatz@stevenstrogatzUsing AI to motivate students: today I showed my class how to visualize a complex function w = f(z) as a mapping. I asked them -- as a challenge -- to create an animation of the idea. One student vibe coded this: The movie is me applying z^2 to Murray
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