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Brainfilling Curves: A Fractal Bestiary (brainfillingcurves.com)
48 points by grouchysmurf 4223 days ago
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teddyh 4223 days ago
Seems to be nothing more than an ad for a book? Also, these things are usually called “Space-filling curves” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve).

EDIT: I missed the “Read Online” link - it is indeed a whole book about space-filling curves with lots of pictures.

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grouchysmurf 4223 days ago
The book is available online: http://archive.org/stream/BrainfillingCurves-AFractalBestiar...
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agumonkey 4223 days ago
Nice, I forgot to search for alternate sources. It's a very nice gallery (with some maths too) of fractals, I'd be happy to have other sources for more complex and recent knowledge about them.
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jtth 4223 days ago
It's literally a button there. "Read Online".
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agumonkey 4223 days ago
Weird, so eager to read the main content I only saw the 'Buy the Book' button at the bottom. Too used to leanpub layout methink.
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adia 4223 days ago
Well, it looks like a nice book and you can read it online or download it (there's a link at the top). The "Brainfilling" title is probably a pun to make the title more interesting.
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Vaskivo 4223 days ago
And with it's big colorful pictures it would make a great and nerdy cofee table book.
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benvan 4223 days ago
Shameless plug: Here's a bunch of interactive "brain-filling curves" - http://benvan.co.uk/lsys
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spot 4223 days ago
uses an image I made & uploaded to wikipedia without credit :( page 32 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated_function_system#mediav... license is CC BY 2.5, requires attribution
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xwintermutex 4223 days ago
Geeky concepts illustrated using squirrels and nuts, what else does one need?
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