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[GIF] Pushed Around (a geodesic in pentagon space)

A geodesic in pentagon space

Pushed Around

Continuing with the theme (1, 2, 3, 4), this is another closed geodesic in polygon space. For some reason, I've almost never used Dashing before, but it's kind of fun to play around with.

Here's the code:

ToReal[z_] := {Re[z], Im[z]};
ToComplex[{x_, y_}] := x + I y;
FrameToPol[{A_, B_}] := ToReal[ToComplex[#]^2] & /@ Transpose[{A, B}];
FrameToVertices[{A_, B_}] := Accumulate[FrameToPol[{A, B}]];

Manipulate[Module[{cols, fr, dfr, θ, verts},
  cols = RGBColor /@ {"#00C3FF", "#3B475E"};
  fr = Transpose[
    ToReal[Sqrt[#]] & /@ 
     Table[2/5 E^(I θ), {θ, π/5, 
       4 π + π/5 - 4 π/5, 4 π/5}]];
  dfr = Transpose[
    ToReal[Sqrt[#]] & /@ 
     Table[2/5 E^(I θ), {θ, π/5, 
       2 π + π/5 - 2 π/5, 2 π/5}]];
  θ = π (1/2 - 1/2 Cos[π s]);
  Graphics[{FaceForm[None], 
    EdgeForm[
     Directive[cols[[1]], JoinForm["Round"], CapForm["Round"], 
      Dashing[{.02, .04}], Thickness[.005]]], {
     verts = 
      RotationMatrix[4 π/5].# & /@ 
       FrameToVertices[Cos[θ] fr + Sin[θ] dfr];
     Polygon[-Mean[verts] + # & /@ verts]}}, ImageSize -> 540, 
   PlotRange -> 1/Sqrt[2], Background -> cols[[2]]]], {s, 0., 1}]

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