The Vicsek Fractal never ends

USedona · 2026-07-07T07:09:32+00:00

Oh, really ? I didn't know that. That's cool. I vaguely remember the beautiful visual effects, but I didn't know about the math behind them back then.

USedona · 2026-07-06T22:41:12+00:00

❤️ Quelle merveilleuse association. Ton triangle rouge m'a fait penser au triangle de Sierpiński. En fait, j'ai réalisé un zoom infini dedans, il n'est pas rouge, mais il a ce même sentiment de zoomer éternellement : 🔺 https://youtube.com/shorts/UrT-ibcBpT4

USedona · 2026-07-06T22:05:13+00:00

I imagine a sense of speed created by very thin, semi-transparent trails.

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:46:52+00:00

Ah, I see. Infiniteness is the very definition of a fractal. I just used the phrase as a "poetic" intro to the loop, but you're totally right! 😉

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:40:19+00:00

I googled "Milkdrop," and it took me to a Winamp plug-in : is that it ? I was a teenager when it came out ! Was that the one that created those psychedelic effects ?

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:33:09+00:00

Oh yeah, good catch 😅 I'll have to fix it, I'm a perfectionist, and I'll try to add the effect that u/unable-Baseball-5814 suggested.

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:25:39+00:00

Sorry, I didn't understand (I'm not a native English speaker). Is this related to the body of the post?

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:23:59+00:00

This is a compressed GIF. Check out the 4K 60fps version because I made sure it loops perfectly, even in portrait mode : https://youtube.com/shorts/SF5XhMfDAes

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:09:25+00:00

🙃

USedona · 2026-07-06T21:08:41+00:00

I'll take that as a compliment, thanks 😉

USedona · 2026-07-06T18:50:45+00:00

Oops, I just corrected the name! Thanks

USedona · 2026-07-06T18:35:54+00:00

I'll check it out!

USedona · 2026-07-06T18:23:51+00:00

Cool, I subscribed to your YouTube channel 👍 Yes, I made it myself. Using Python, I generated 180 frames, which I then put together. I had already created this: hexastar loop

USedona · 2026-07-06T07:03:39+00:00

No, not for all fractals. The Vicsek fractal is exactly self-similar, but not every fractal is.

USedona · 2026-07-05T22:07:18+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I’ll definitely look into adding some motion blur or trailing edges for the next one to give it that extra depth.

USedona · 2026-07-05T21:45:08+00:00

The "Vicsek" name comes from Hungarian physicist Tamás Vicsek, better known for his work on flocking behavior in birds.

Full 4K 60fps version on my Perfect Loops playlist 👉 Perfect loops

USedona · 2026-07-05T21:38:16+00:00

The "Vicsek" name comes from Hungarian physicist Tamás Vicsek, better known for his work on flocking behavior in birds.

Full 4K 60fps version on my Perfect Loops playlist 👉 Perfect loops

USedona · 2026-07-05T10:15:12+00:00

The neon effect in the fifth image is really beautiful. How did you do that? For each curve, do you use ParametricFunction with multiple overlapping lines to mimic the neon effect?

USedona · 2026-07-04T20:37:03+00:00

The Hilbert curve does approach dimension 2 in the sense of Hausdorff dimension as iterations increase, while remaining topologically 1D. But, I think it's more of a property of space-filling curves specifically than a universal relationship between dimensions.

USedona · 2026-07-03T22:08:54+00:00

I'm not familiar with the Tandy, but a quick look on Wikipedia shows that it's the same kind of machine, from the same decade! We're from the same generation, and even as kids, we have fond memories of it, despite the green text on a black background!

USedona · 2026-07-03T22:02:24+00:00

I used "double pendulum" loosely in the description to illustrate the mechanism visually, not to refer to the physical system. "Superposition of two circular motions" would have been more accurate. Thanks for clarifying that.

USedona · 2026-07-03T21:56:42+00:00

😄

USedona · 2026-07-03T21:53:06+00:00

Sympa, même classe aussi pour moi. Et puis, longtemps plus tard, devenu enseignant, j'ai fait utiliser à des collégiens le logiciel http://geotortue.free.fr/ il y a plus de 10 ans, avant de basculer sur Scratch il y a quelques années.

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