Monday, August 2, 2010

A Tisket, A Tasket, Another Fractal Gasket

Integral Apollonian circle packing, defined by...Image via Wikipedia



Math IZ a beautiful thang, and perhaps geometry is the most beautiful part of math, with circles just possibly the most beautiful part of geometry, in which case the fractal "Apollonian gasket' 'tis a very beautiful thang indeed!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_gasket


(P.S... I now have a CORRECTION up on the "Coffee/Tea Mixup" post from yesterday, you may wish to check out!)
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