by Celia Wood | Apr 11, 2020 | Independent Study
An important aspect in modeling natural forms is an element of chaos. This is relatively hard to achieve when working with computers. This problem is remedied by the concept of gradient noise, or specifically Perlin noise. Perlin noise is a set of x, y, and z values...
by Celia Wood | Apr 7, 2020 | Independent Study
In my research, I have found that the fractals used most for plant growth are L systems. L systems use an alphabet and a set of rules to determine how the tree should grow. For example, a simple L system could be constructed by using an alphabet of A and B. The...
by Celia Wood | Apr 4, 2020 | Independent Study
I read this article on fractals which talked about using computer analysis and pattern analysis to investigate the fractals in Jackson Pollock’s art. Australian researcher Richard Taylor writes that his “scientific curiosity was stirred when I learned that many of...
by Celia Wood | Apr 2, 2020 | Independent Study
A common theme throughout discussions of the mathematics behind nature is the use of recursion. Recursion in computer science and mathematics refers to a function where it references itself. Recursion is the basic concept for the fractals I have been researching. The...
by Celia Wood | Apr 1, 2020 | Independent Study
While I was researching fractals, I read this article on a new curve that was identified in 2015. Mathematician and artist Edmund Harriss discovered a new fractal curve that no one had drawn before. Harriss was trying to draw branching spirals like those found in...
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