Motion by curvature example in 2D

Here is a simple set of Octave/MATLAB files to help anyone understand or visualise motion by curvature for a 2D planar curve. I am yet to find out how to embed code in HTML; but in any case it is easier to pack and zip files in one place. The above plot shows a random curve green which has been evolved by its curvature for some iterations and the resultant curve is shown in red. 

One problem I faced was that if i increase the number of curve points to a very large number, say 150 or above, the evolution is not so stable any more and we get unexpected results. My guess is that this is a numerical stability issue rather than a bug in the code but do feel free to correct me by emailing or leaving a comment in this web-log entry or from where you downloaded the code or by emailing me.

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti Quick review

I bought this book from Amazon.

Below is review:

I have read Mohammed Hanif's "A case of exploding mangos" for maybe 150 rupees. That was an amazing book; unbelievable. So I bought this book. This is also an amazing narrative of Christian suppression in Pakistan. Salute to the author. Also the protagonist is a woman; add that to her troubles as well. This is a much darker book than the Case of exploding mangoes. This is worth a read definitely. And the courage of Shri Mohammed Hanif is not to be trivialised.

Amuktamalayada translation by Srinivas Reddy

I bought the book from Amazon and posted the review below:

Amazed to read the history of this book. The original version is written by a Kannada king in Telugu language and is about a Tamil saint and describes Madurai with great zest. Amazing, that despite cut-throat warfare in the South the people still managed to praise something or the other from other regions. As a translation, obviously it looks kludgy but the author has made best effort and called this his labour of love. Praiseworthy. My prime reason for liking this book is it notes and annotations. Very nice.

MICR code for SBI

Why is it so difficult to get MICR code for SBI from official SBI website? Getting teh IFS Code or IFSC is easy.