Wolfram Technology Conference 2011—October 19–21, 2011 | Wolfram Headquarters, Champaign, Illinois, USA

MATHEMATICA ONE-LINER COMPETITION

It's baaack! The One-Liner Competition at this year's Wolfram Technology Conference once again gave attendees the chance to show the world how much bang Mathematica can deliver per programming buck!

The challenge was to deliver the most impressive and surprising effects that can be achieved with 140 characters or less of Mathematica code. Outputs of all sorts were encouraged, from sound and graphics to math, text, and animations. Submissions were blind-judged by a panel of Wolfram Research employees, and prizes were awarded for first, second, and third place.

Download winning entries
First PlaceFirst Place
Animated Sky Chart
by Zdeněk Buk

Animated Sky Chart

Animated Sky Chart
Recursive Image Collage
by Zdeněk Buk

Recursive Image Collage

Recursive Image Collage
First-and-a-Half PlaceFirst-and-a-Half Place

One set of three excellent entries was submitted before the competition deadline, but did not arrive in the competition inbox until well after the deadline had passed. The judges considered those entries after the competition had completed and retroactively awarded them halfway between first and second place—first-and-a-half place.

Shooter
by Stephan Leibbrandt

Shooter Game

Shooter Game
Slow Motion
by Stephan Leibbrandt

Slow Motion

Slow Motion
Second PlaceSecond Place
Instant Recursive Art
by Yves Klett

Instant Recursive Art

Instant Recursive Art
Third PlaceThird Place
Life's Work, Easily Replaced
by William Wu

Life's Work, Easily Replaced

Life's Work, Easily Replaced