built recursive - svg vector data - try to zoom in
with mouse click you get the next level
on a server with more computer power you get the recursive pictures faster, try it here.
Moebius band built with three js.
Click and track to control the orientation (TrackballControll)
A family of 3 - D objects :
The first picture is a ring, the second a Moebius band, the third a twisted ring (one time) and the fourth a twisted ring (1 1/2 times).
Schöne Strickmuster Bilder hergestellt mit einem cellular Algorithmus,respektive mit dem Programm xlife
Computer-Pflanzen, Oliver Deussen and Bernd Lintermann, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Februar 2/2001.
In the numerical experiment on the Home Page an L-System is used to describe a tree. The bracket symbols "[" ,"]" , "(" and ")" indicate branches. On the status line the angles between branches are printed, where the first angle is for the left side "[,]" and the second one for the right side "(,)". References to these systems are:
C.G. Langton, Algorithm, 1.1 Nov.1989
C.G. Langton, Ed. Artificial Life, Vol VI, Santa Fe, Inst. Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Redwood City, CA, Addison Welsy 1989
Hanan, J.; Prusinkiewicz, P., L-Systems, Fractals and Plants. NewYork (Springer) 1989
About computing see ZIB - Konrad -Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin. Or the swiss supercomputing centre CSCS in Manno / TI near Lugano.