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Star Fractal

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{StarFractal.epsf scaled 800}\end{center}\end{figure}

A Fractal composed of repeated copies of a Pentagram or other polygon.

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{StarFractal2.epsf scaled 800}\end{center}\end{figure}

The above figure shows a generalization to different offsets from the center.


References

Lauwerier, H. Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometric Figures. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, pp. 72-77, 1991.

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




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26