Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball rack (Computer simulation: 8-ball)

Wolfram | Mathematica ^ | 1/8/15

[LibWhacker]

All the gory mathematical details are here ==> http://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/418720 (whether the details are correct or not, I cannot say, since I didn't check them myself, lol)

[LibWhacker]

In case you always wondered what a "perfect" break would look like.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Two in the corners, and the 5-ball doesn’t move. Cool.

[ClearCase_guy]

[golux]

Portrait in flawless vectors of a chaotic, misspent youth.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I used to do it all the time but I was drunk and don’t remember how.

[JohnnyP]

I’m also JohnnyP on azbilliards.com

Anyone else post there?

[Brother Cracker]

[Yardstick]

Very cool. Interesting that some of the balls wind up rolling in the “upstream” direction.

[RegulatorCountry]

In my experience, breaking head-on and straight like that is a recipe for scratching. Of course, that was in the real world with imperfections of the table, the cue, etc. When I played regularly I always had more success when I broke slightly from the right.

[Vendome]

I smack thst thing a bit further to right and 8-12” draw.

[M-cubed]

it ain't perfect till the 8 ball goes in!

[Vendome]

ROTFLMAO! !!!!

[norwaypinesavage]

it looks like not only a ‘perfect break’, but also perfectly round and homogeneous balls, a perfectly flat surface, maybe no aerodynamics or friction, only two degrees of freedom (no up, or down), and more. All the “hard” things have been removed.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I was taught to do the same thing.

[mrsmith]

"Big John, do you think this boy is a hustler? "

[loungitude]

That’s cool, but I broke a large plate glass window on a break at the Holiday Inn in Boulder in about 1992.

[LouAvul]

^^^^^^^^^^

That’s actually on Netflix streaming at the present time. Great flick.

[Brandonmark]

[where's_the_Outrage?]

I got myself a regulation sized Snooker Table, 6’ x 12’ brings new meaning to a lot of green.

In snooker a maximum break is 147. If you haven’t seen one, watch this, the guy is amazing:

http://youtu.be/bpeBugHSCnU

[Political Junkie Too]

Chalk up!

-PJ