Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 1 Jun 1998.
No, but Sierpinsky's Triangle is.
alt.ascii-art
· 2 messages · 1 Jun 1998 - 3 Jun 1998
'pology to vk: i wasn't clear. i changed the subject to 'wait! stonehenge is a fractal?' and then refered to it in the body of the message, violating the rule that says 'don't do that'. the change *i* made is what i was refering to by 'thus the smart-alecy subject' (which i did mean to be smart-alecy). i was trying to make a joke on the thread drift... vk wrote: > (clue: I wasn't _guessing_ about it being a fractal) mr. madelbrot [book: the fractal geometry of nature] said it was and he made up the word, so yep, it is a fractal, tho i don't think there is a good genreal def'n of 'fractal' yet. clew jr: i wrote > and in response to the pic what they were really talkin about so i did know about the gasket, even if i worded the message very poorly. and to llizard: i needed the 'stein to make the use of the 'mandelbrotstein' gag work. 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...) . __/\__ . \_\/_/ . /_/\_\ . \/ . __/\__ . \ / . __/\__/ \__/\__ . \ \ / / . /_ /_ _\ _\ . \__/\_\/_/\__/ . __/ /\ \__ . \ _\/_ / . /_ __/ \__ _\ . \/ \ / \/ . /_ _\ . \/ . . __/\__ . \ / . __/\__/ \__/\__ . \ / . /_ _\ . \ / . __/\__ __/ \__ __/\__ . \ / \ / \ / . __/\__/ \__/\__/ \__/\__/ \__/\__ . \_\/ \ / \/ \ / \/ \ / \/_/ . /_/ /_ _\ /_ _\ /_ _\ \_\ . \__/\_\/ \ / \/_/\__/ . __/ / __/ \__ \ \__ . \ _\ \ / /_ / . /_ __/ /_ __ __ _\ \__ _\ . \/ \__ __/\_\/ \ / \/_/\__ __/ \/ . /_/ \ / /_ _\ \ / \_\ . \__/\__/ \__/\_\/_/\__/ \__/\__/ . __/ /\ \__ . \ _\/_ / . __/\__/ / \ \__/\__ . \ \____/ / . /_ /\ _\ . \ __ _\/_ __ / . __/ / \/ \/ \ \__ . \ _\ /_ / . /_ __ __ __/ \__ __ __ _\ . \/ \ / \/ \__ __/ \/ \ / \/ . /_ _\ /_/ \_\ /_ _\ . \/ \__/\____/\__/ \/ . __/ /\ \__ . \ _\/_ / . /_ __/ \__ _\ . \/ \____/ \/ . /_/\_\ . \/
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.
--
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