We Can Circ It Out

It’s a pretty little problem to convert this triangular fractal…

Sierpiński triangle (Wikipedia)


…into its circular equivalent:

Sierpiński triangle as circle


Sierpiński triangle to circle (animated)


But once you’ve circ’d it out, as it were, you can easily adapt the technique to fractals based on other polygons:

T-square fractal (Wikipedia)

T-square fractal as circle


T-square fractal to circle (animated)


Elsewhere other-accessible…

Dilating the Delta — more on converting polygonic fractals to circles…

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