Chaotic Quilts
Chaotic Quilts provide examples of symmetric chaos on the torus.
We represent the attractors as tiling patterns on the plane.
Most of the images we present here may also be found in the book
Symmetry in Chaos.
Picture Gallery
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This images were both composed for a Fractals Calendar, produced by
Daryl Hepting.
In the event, the second image, Square Chaos was chosen for the calendar.
The first image is called Surfing.
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This image will also be used in the Fractals Calendar and is
called twisted symmetries. It was produced using completely different
mathematical methods from those used to construct
the other chaotic quilts shown in this gallery.
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These images are all from Symmetry in Chaos and are named
(from left to right), Flowers with Ribbons, Hex Nuts and Gyroscopes.
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From left to right: Dutch Quilt, Cats Eyes and Emerald Mosaic.
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