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Apollonian gaskets and circle inversion fractals

January 30, 2011 3 comments

Recall the definition of an iterated function system (IFS), and how on occasion, their attractors are fractal sets. What happens when we allow more general functions instead of mere affine maps?

The key to the design of this amazing fractal is in the notion of limit sets of circle inversions.

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