4.5

4.5 | 2 ratings Rate this file 3 Downloads (last 30 days) File Size: 3.22 KB File ID: #15958
image thumbnail

2D Apollonian gasket with four identical circles

by Guillaume JACQUENOT

 

16 Aug 2007 (Updated 18 Aug 2007)

Plot a 2D apollonian gasket with 4 identical circles

| Watch this File

File Information
Description

In mathematics, an Apollonian gasket or Apollonian net is a fractal generated from three circles, any two of which are tangent to one another
The method used to create the Apollonian gasket is based on circle inversion, which is a geometrical transformation acting with a reference circle that modifies points.
% In the plane, the inverse of a point P in respect to a circle of center O and radius R is a point P' such that P and P' are on the same ray going from O, and OP times OP' equals the radius squared
OP * OP' =R²

Acknowledgements
This submission has inspired the following:
2D Apollonian gasket with n identical circles
MATLAB release MATLAB 7 (R14)
Tags for This File  
Everyone's Tags
Tags I've Applied
Add New Tags Please login to tag files.
Comments and Ratings (4)
09 Jan 2008 Olivier Dunoix

Good but useless, you already published "2D Apollonian gasket with n identical circles" which can deal 4 circles and which is more generic

07 Jul 2008 Gerardo Honorato

is just that i wanted, thanks. Very usefull.

27 Jun 2010 Adam

Very good. Thx.
Here is link to this code in wikibooks/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XML_-_Managing_Data_Exchange/SVG#Maxima

27 Jun 2010 Adam

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/XML_-_Managing_Data_Exchange/SVG#Matlab

good link

Please login to add a comment or rating.
Tag Activity for this File
Tag Applied By Date/Time
gallery Guillaume JACQUENOT 22 Oct 2008 09:23:08
apollonian Guillaume JACQUENOT 22 Oct 2008 09:23:08
apollonius Guillaume JACQUENOT 22 Oct 2008 09:23:08
gasket Guillaume JACQUENOT 22 Oct 2008 09:23:08
circles Guillaume JACQUENOT 22 Oct 2008 09:23:08
fractal Guillaume JACQUENOT 22 Oct 2008 09:23:08

Contact us at files@mathworks.com