Artistic Excursions with the Sierpinski Triangle
Proceedings of Bridges 2019: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 537–540
Short Papers
Abstract
A course on the connections between mathematics and the arts was recently taught by the first author at the Honors College at Ball State University. The second author was a student in that course, who focused his final project on one particular fractal, the Sierpinski triangle. In this paper, we explore the properties of the Sierpinski triangle and discuss the creation of a Sierpinski star-polygon; we also present examples of digital artwork resulting from this discussion.