From Sierpinski Triangle to Fractal Flowers
Anne M. Burns

Bridges Leeuwarden: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 117–122

Abstract

We describe an iterated function system consisting of transformations defined by a pair of complex parameters. Each of the transformations maps the unit circle into itself. For one assignment of the parameters the limit set is the famous Sierpinski Triangle. By “continuously” varying the parameters the limit set appears to erode into various shapes, some suggesting a dried river bed and others suggesting fractal flowers.

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