Tendril Motifs for Space-Filling, Half-Domino Curves

Year: 2016 Authors: Douglas M. McKenna

Core claim

Self-avoiding tendril motifs can be recursively arranged into half-domino space-filling curves with constrained parity, symmetry, and boundary behavior.

Topics

space-filling curves, Hamiltonian paths, self-similarity, tiling motifs, aesthetic patterning

Domains

graph theory, combinatorics, topology, fractal dimension, ornamental design, fabric pattern, aesthetic exploration, visual symmetry

Methods

recursive construction, orientation and parity analysis, Jordan Curve Theorem argument, computer backtrack search

Media

square subdivisions, domino prototiles, line drawings, computer-generated motifs

Source status

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