Based on the paper:
Ion & McDonough (2025) - Chip-Firing and the Sandpile Group of the R₁₀ Matroid
What this app does: Visualize and explore chip-firing dynamics on a pentagon using Gaussian integers (complex numbers a+bi where a,b are integers).
Apply 4 firing moves (A, B, and their negatives) to explore the 162 distinct configurations of this combinatorial system. Each configuration represents a different pattern in how chips can be distributed across the pentagon.
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