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Symmetrical Patterns from Dynamics
Author(s) -
Chung K. W.,
Chan H. S. Y.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
computer graphics forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1467-8659
pISSN - 0167-7055
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8659.1210033
Subject(s) - aperiodic graph , computer science , point (geometry) , computer graphics , computer graphics (images) , code (set theory) , graphics , dynamics (music) , algorithm , theoretical computer science , mathematics , geometry , programming language , combinatorics , physics , set (abstract data type) , acoustics
Automatic generation of symmetrical patterns belonging to all seventeen wallpaper groups is considered from a dynamical system's point of view. A pseudo‐code of the algorithm is provided to generate the computer graphics. The method is shown to be able to create unlimited varieties of patterns and demonstrates the possibility of relaxing the crystallographic restriction to produce aperiodic patterns.