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Tessellations And Fractals Flashcards

1
Q

This is created when a shape is repeated covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps

A

Tessellations

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2
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A pattern covering the plane by
fitting together replicas of the
same basic shape

A

Tessellation

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3
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Father of tessellation

A

Maurits Cornelis Escher

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4
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He elaborated tessellation as mathematical but artistic

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Maurits Cornelis Escher

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5
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In geometrical terminology, a _____ is the pattern resulting from
the arrangement of regular polygons to cover a plane without any gap or overlapping. The patterns are usually repeating.

A

Tessellation

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6
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Three types of tessellations

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•Regular
•Semi regular
•Demi-regular

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7
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This type of tessellation is made up of congruent sides and angles

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Regular tessellation

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8
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polygons with congruent sides and angles

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Regular polygon

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What are the properties of a regular tessellation

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  1. The tessellation must tile and fit with no overlapping/gaps
  2. The tiles must be regular polygons and all the same
  3. Each vertex must look the same

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10
Q

regular tessellations of two or more different polygons around a
vertex and each vertex has the same arrangement of polygons

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Semi regular (Archimedean)

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11
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edge-to-edge tessellation, but the order or arrangement of polygon at each vertex is not the same
Cannot be named

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Demi-regular tessellation

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12
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Mathematical constructs characterized by self-similarity

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Fractals

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13
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Fractals are about four things:

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• Fractions
• Functions
• Graphs
• Imaginary numbers

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14
Q

The latin wird for broken is ____

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Fractus

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15
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They tend to appear nearly the same at different levels

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Fractals

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16
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This is a discipline named and popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot

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Fractal Geometry

17
Q

What book did Mandelbrot write in 1197 na nag gwa sa module ni sir pake ko man sa iban

A

The Fractal Geometry of Nature

18
Q

What are the two popular fractals

A

Sierpinski Triangle
Koch Snowflake

19
Q

Repeating of a process over and over

A

Iteration

20
Q

Following a rule repeatedly

A

Recursion

21
Q

Distance between points

A

Scaling factor

22
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Characteristics of a Fractal

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  1. Self-similar
  2. Fractional Dimension
23
Q

as one examines finer and finer details of the object, the magnified area is similar to the original
but is not identical to it

A

Self-similar

24
Q

a ratio providing a statistical index of complexity comparing how detail in a pattern (strictly
speaking, a fractal pattern) changes with the scale at which it is measured.

A

Fractional Dimension

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