n-Flakes

type

variation 1

variation 2

number of vertices

5

recursion depth

1

2

3

4

scale factor

2.6

Attractive snowflake-like designs can be created by iteratively arranging

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-gons around an initial

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-gon. A famous example of such a construction is the pentaflake, which was first noticed by Albrecht Dürer. This Demonstration allows you to experiment with several different types of

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-flakes. The "scale factor" slider only affects

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-flakes of the type "variation 2" and controls the relative size of the secondary

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-gons.