Oh What a Complex Rug We Weave When First We Color Then Perceive

Year: 2023 Authors: Barry Cipra; Paul Zorn

Core claim

Simple mod-3 tricoloring of woven grids with fixed fringes appears to produce persistent Sierpinski-esque carpet patterns, especially at powers of 3.

Topics

knot-theoretic coloring, basket weave patterns, Sierpinski-like fractals, recursive color propagation

Domains

knot theory, modular arithmetic, discrete recursion, fractal geometry, textile patterning, carpet design, color theory, computational aesthetics

Methods

hand-drawn experiment, Mathematica computation, finite-grid simulation, fringe perturbation tests

Media

ribbon, thread, basket weave, Mathematica, gridded scratchpad

Source status

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