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Snowflake Curve Summary
719 words, approx. 2 pages
The snowflake curve is a fractal. It is also known as the Koch snowflake or Koch's island after Helge von Koch who first described it in 1904. To construct it, first draw a line segment AD. Next draw point B and C on AD so that AB, BC and CD all have...
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Koch snowflake Information
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The Koch snowflake (or Koch star) is a mathematical curve and one of the earliest fractal curves to have been described. It appeared in a 1904 paper entitled "On a continuous curve without tangents, constructible from elementary geometry" (original...


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Mathematics Teaching
The Koch Snowflake
03/01/2008: 523 words, approx. 2 pages
Jerry Dwyer, Mike Keating and Sonya Sherrod describe an investigative lesson into the properties of the Koch snowflake. We began with the students (fifth year, age 16) constructing their own Koch snowfiakes. They drew an equilateral triangle (side lengths 9 inches) in the...
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Snowflake science: what makes a snowflake?
01/05/2007: 559 words, approx. 2 pages
Huge ice structures and buildings at the winter festival in Harbin, China, are made from tiny snowflakes. Temperatures in Harbin are below freezing for half the year, making conditions perfect for snow. Check out the chilly science behind snowflakes. A snowflake starts...
 


 

Koch snowflake

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