Ever wondered what

"g(x,y) = cos(y*sin(y)), h(x,y) = cos(x*sin(x))"

looked like, I know I have. Well wonder no longer. Hyon Lee of MIT has provided the answer.

It is an entrant in a competition that exists at the intersection of art and science. Each year John Belcher at MIT holds the "Weird Fields" competition for his physics students. The competition involves using a Java applet that was written in 1993 to enable students to visualise energy fields to generate patterns that are both scientifically sound and of artistic merit.

Read more about the competition in Wired or check out some more of the entrants at the MIT site.