Fractal Geometry
Gosper Curve
The Gosper curve (also called the "flowsnake") is a space-filling fractal discovered by Bill Gosper in 1973. Generated by an L-system, each iteration replaces every segment with seven smaller segments arranged in a hexagonal motif. At infinite depth the curve's interior — the Gosper island — tiles the plane perfectly.
L-system: A → A−B−−B+A++AA+B−, B → +A−BB−−B−A++A+B
Depth
4
Draw speed
40
Color mode
Segments
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Hausdorff dimension
log 7 / log √7 = 2.0 (fills area)
Scaling factor
1/√7 per iteration
Tiling
Gosper islands tile ℝ² with no overlaps