Symmetric icons

Symmetric icons provide the simplest examples of symmetric chaos in the plane. Many examples of symmetric icons, together with details about how they are constructed, may be found in the book Symmetry in Chaos.

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Flower. An icon with 6-fold symmetry.

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IMA Logo. This image has been used as a logo by the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota. The image was originally discovered by Jim Richardson, Systems Analyst, University of Sydney, Australia.

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The remaining six images all come from Symmetry in Chaos. From left to right, the names of the three images shown above are Wild Chaos, Swirling Streamers and the Mercedes-Benz attractor.

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From left to right, we have the Santa-Chiara Icon, Clam Triple and Golden Flintstone.