Notes

Chapter 5: Two Dimensions and Beyond

Section 4: Substitution Systems and Fractals


Space-filling curves

One can conveniently scan a finite 2D grid just by going along each successive row in turn. One can scan a quadrant of an infinite grid using the σ function on page 1127, or one can scan a whole grid by for example going in a square spiral that at step t reaches position

(1/2(-1)#({1, -1}(Abs[#2 - t] - #) + #2 - t- Mod[#, 2]) &)[Round[t]]



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From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]