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Ice Fractal

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{IceTriangle.epsf scaled 700}\end{center}\end{figure}

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{IceAntiTriangle.epsf scaled 700}\end{center}\end{figure}

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{IceSquare.epsf scaled 700}\end{center}\end{figure}

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{IceAntiSquare.epsf scaled 700}\end{center}\end{figure}

A Fractal (square, triangle, etc.) based on a simple generating motif. The above plots show the ice triangle, antitriangle, square, and antisquare. The base curves and motifs for the fractals illustrated above are shown below.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{IceTriangleMotif.epsf scaled 490}\qquad\BoxedEPSF{IceAntiTriangleMotif.epsf scaled 490}\end{center}\end{figure}

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{IceSquareMotif.epsf scaled 490}\qquad\BoxedEPSF{IceAntiSquareMotif.epsf scaled 490}\end{center}\end{figure}

See also Fractal


References

Lauwerier, H. Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometric Figures. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, p. 44, 1991.

mathematica.gif Weisstein, E. W. ``Fractals.'' Mathematica notebook Fractal.m.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26