Dodecet Vectors
The dodecet provides 12 discrete directions from Pythagorean triples. Each direction is exact, requiring no floating-point arithmetic.
Encoding Mode
Visualization
About Dodecet Encoding
The dodecet encodes any 2D direction using one of 12 exact Pythagorean vectors:
- 4 cardinal directions: (±1, 0), (0, ±1)
- 4 diagonal directions: (±1, ±1)
- 4 knight directions: (±2, ±1), (±1, ±2)
Maximum angular error: ~15.5°
No floating-point drift - directions are stored as integer pairs!