Tasks / Manual Fractal Art
Produce a piece of fractal art. Documentation should include both the artwork and a discussion of the mathematics that helped you create it.
The artwork must be executed without the aid of a computer.
1 to 100 players
15 points
Level 1
In the zone of: The University of Aesthematics
Created by Doktor Harmon
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
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I'm going to do this. Well, I already have, but I'll do it again.
This task should be worth way more points...
Eh, fifteen seems reasonable for something that can be completed by drawing a Sierpinski gasket. On the other hand, that approach won't get you very many votes.
Praxis
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Fractals are so cool; I really wanted to do this task. But others before me had already been so creative, so I took some time and thought and researched and found – chromatography (Kearney, et al, 1999). Yes! Large surface area is essential for ...
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