Sierpinski Valentine
Learning and science
math visualisation
SHOW HN2015
72points
10comments
#376of 2,565 in 2015
Top 15%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Very cool, fun visualisation of fractals and equations
From 3 comments
This is very cool - both Desmos itself and the Sierpinkski Valentine example! In case you're more familar with LaTeX, you can also create similar visualizations in LaTeX using…
JohnHammersley on HNVery cool!
lion_del on HNYou can send this graph as a valentine, or make your own at http://mathogram.desmos.com/ Disclosure: I'm one of the engineers at Desmos.
jwmerrill on HN
Objections
Browser compatibility problem on Android Aurora browser
From 1 comment
Unsupported browser. Desmos works best on your version of Android if you use the Chrome Browser. (Close page in Aurora, no clue what "Desmos" is but I don't care by now)
darklajid on HN
Requests
Export the graph as SVG for CNC cutting
From 1 comment
can i extract an svg of this? that would let me CNC it.
joshu on HN
Questions
How do people come up with such equations?
From 1 comment
How the heck do people come up with these equations? Is it purely mathematical knowledge, knowing what functions look like when plotted?
splike on HN
Alternatives named
LaTeX with TikZ and lindenmayersystems library for similar fractals
From 1 comment
This is very cool - both Desmos itself and the Sierpinkski Valentine example! In case you're more familar with LaTeX, you can also create similar visualizations in LaTeX using…
JohnHammersley on HN
Iterated function systems for constructing Sierpinski gasket
From 1 comment
There are iterated function systems (IFS) for constructing such fractals, Sierpinski gasket is in fact quite common.
meta_pseudo on HN