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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 Jun 1998.
Re: No, but Sierpinsky's Triangle is.

Re: No, but Sierpinsky's Triangle is.

My newsserver seems to be tossing my posts to /dev/null, and has
already swallowed up one rather lengthy post about fractals. Let's
see if this one is getting through..

sgt pinback (rob...@project.darkstar) wrote:
: hmm. need an ob ascii art. not sure if these are 'proper' koch curves 
: (and anyone feeling that i *must* be enlightened on this subject should 
: probably do it by e-mail at (rot13) cvaonpx ng qnegzbhgu qbg rqh as it's a 
: bit off subject here...)

Nonsense, I say, as long as it has ascii art in it it's on topic. :)

: .                               __/\__ 
: .                               \    /   
: .                         __/\__/    \__/\__
: .                         \                /
: .                         /_              _\
: .                           \            /
: .             __/\__      __/            \__      __/\__
: .             \    /      \                /      \    /
: .       __/\__/    \__/\__/                \__/\__/    \__/\__
: .       \_\/  \    /  \/  \                /  \/  \    /  \/_/
: .       /_/   /_  _\      /_              _\      /_  _\   \_\
: .         \__/\_\/          \            /          \/_/\__/
: .       __/     /         __/            \__         \     \__ 
: .       \      _\         \                /         /_      /
: .       /_  __/           /_  __      __  _\           \__  _\
: .         \/  \__      __/\_\/  \    /  \/_/\__      __/  \/
: .             /_/      \    /   /_  _\   \    /      \_\
: .               \__/\__/    \__/\_\/_/\__/    \__/\__/
: .             __/                 /\                 \__
: .             \                  _\/_                  /
: .       __/\__/                 /    \                 \__/\__
: .       \                       \____/                       /
: .       /_                        /\                        _\
: .         \                  __  _\/_  __                  /
: .       __/                 /  \/    \/  \                 \__
: .       \                  _\            /_                  /
: .       /_  __      __  __/                \__  __      __  _\
: .         \/  \    /  \/  \__            __/  \/  \    /  \/
: .             /_  _\      /_/            \_\      /_  _\
: .               \/          \__/\____/\__/          \/
: .                         __/     /\     \__
: .                         \      _\/_      /
: .                         /_  __/    \__  _\
: .                           \/  \____/  \/
: .                               /_/\_\
: .                                 \/

This seem to be an inverted Koch flake superimposed on a normal one.
However, I started thinking about what would happen if I replaced
the transformation rule for the Koch snowflake with a "mirrored" one
from the start.

This would mean that every straight segment is not replaced by __/\__
but instead with __/\__. The result?
                   \/

  __/\__
    \/

  __/\__
  \_\/_/
  /_/\_\
    \/


        __/\__
        \_\/_/
  __/\__/    \__/\__
    \/  \____/  \/
        /_/\_\
          \/

        __/\__
        \_\/_/
  __/\__/    \__/\__
  \_\/  \____/  \/_/
  /_/   /_/\_\   \_\
    \__/\_\/_/\__/
  __/  \/_/\_\/  \__
  \_\   \_\/_/   /_/
  /_/\__/    \__/\_\
    \/  \____/  \/
        /_/\_\
          \/


                          __/\__
                          \_\/_/
                    __/\__/    \__/\__
                    \_\/  \____/  \/_/
                    /_/   /_/\_\   \_\
                      \__/\_\/_/\__/
        __/\__      __/  \/    \/  \__      __/\__
        \_\/_/      \_\            /_/      \_\/_/
  __/\__/    \__/\__/                \__/\__/    \__/\__
    \/  \____/  \/  \__            __/  \/  \____/  \/
        /_/\_\      /_/            \_\      /_/\_\
          \/          \__/\____/\__/          \/
                    __/  \/_/\_\/  \__
                    \_\   \_\/_/   /_/
                    /_/\__/    \__/\_\
                      \/  \____/  \/
                          /_/\_\
                            \/

                          __/\__
                          \_\/_/
                    __/\__/    \__/\__
                    \_\/  \____/  \/_/
                    /_/   /_/\_\   \_\
                      \__/\_\/_/\__/
        __/\__      __/  \/    \/  \__      __/\__
        \_\/_/      \_\            /_/      \_\/_/
  __/\__/    \__/\__/                \__/\__/    \__/\__
  \_\/  \____/  \/  \__            __/  \/  \____/  \/_/
  /_/   /_/\_\      /_/            \_\      /_/\_\   \_\
    \__/\_\/          \__/\____/\__/          \/_/\__/
  __/  \/_/         __/  \/_/\_\/  \__         \_\/  \__
  \_\   \_\         \_\   \_\/_/   /_/         /_/   /_/
  /_/\__/           /_/\__/    \__/\_\           \__/\_\
    \/  \__      __/\_\/  \____/  \/_/\__      __/  \/
        /_/      \_\/_/   /_/\_\   \_\/_/      \_\
          \__/\__/    \__/\_\/_/\__/    \__/\__/
        __/  \/  \____/  \/_/\_\/  \____/  \/  \__
        \_\      /_/\_\   \_\/_/   /_/\_\      /_/
  __/\__/          \/_/\__/    \__/\_\/          \__/\__
  \_\/  \__         \_\/  \____/  \/_/         __/  \/_/
  /_/   /_/         /_/   /_/\_\   \_\         \_\   \_\
    \__/\_\           \__/\_\/_/\__/           /_/\__/
  __/  \/_/\__      __/  \/    \/  \__      __/\_\/  \__
  \_\   \_\/_/      \_\            /_/      \_\/_/   /_/
  /_/\__/    \__/\__/                \__/\__/    \__/\_\
    \/  \____/  \/  \__            __/  \/  \____/  \/
        /_/\_\      /_/            \_\      /_/\_\
          \/          \__/\____/\__/          \/
                    __/  \/_/\_\/  \__
                    \_\   \_\/_/   /_/
                    /_/\__/    \__/\_\
                      \/  \____/  \/
                          /_/\_\
                            \/

Its fractal dimension? Six segments, each one third of the whole, make
(log 6)/(log 3) ~= 1.631.

-- 
ii 3D .sigXIlmari KaronenAscii 3D .sigIlmari Karonen_Ascii 3D .sigIlmari Kar
fi....@graphic.iltzu@sci.fi.stereo@gra...@sci.fin.stereo@graphicilt
ltzu/ba/http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/bahttp://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/1bahttp://www.sc
 is a stereogram!><This .sig is a stereogram!><This .sig is a stereogram!><T

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From: ilt...@sci.fi (Ilmari Karonen)
Subject: Re: No, but Sierpinsky's Triangle is.
Date: 1998/06/03
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