Agnes Scott College
Larry Riddle, Agnes Scott College
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Traversing the Heighway Dragon Curve

The images below show the 8th and 12th iterations of the Heighway dragon curve. Click on the play button to see an animation of how one can traverse each curve from the left endpoint in such a way that the curve intersects only at corners and never crosses itself. The curve turns right at the end of each Red segment and turns left at the end of each bLue segment. The three buttons labeled slower, normal, and faster will adjust the drawing speed.

\(H_8\)


\(H_{12}\)