DRAGON CURVE

SAD LITTLE FRACTAL GEOMETRY LAB
PARAMETERS
STATISTICS
Segments: 0
Fractal Dimension: 2
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Turn Angle: 90°
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PAPER FOLDING SEQUENCE

The dragon curve can be created by repeatedly folding a strip of paper in half and unfolding it to 90 degree angles. Each fold creates a turn: R (right/valley) or L (left/mountain).

R = Right/Valley fold L = Left/Mountain fold
MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES
Hausdorff Dimension
2
Space-filling curve
Segments per Iteration
2n
Exponential growth
Turn Angle
90°
pi/2 radians
L-System Rules
X -> X+YF+
Y -> -FX-Y