@themathcentral: The dragon curve, often called the Heighway dragon, is a complex fractal shape that illustrates how intricate patterns can emerge from very simple repetitive rules. You can visualize its construction by imagining a long strip of paper that you fold in half repeatedly in the same direction; when you unfold the strip so that every crease forms a 90-degree angle, the resulting zigzagging path forms the dragon curve. With each iteration, the curve becomes longer and more detailed, spiraling around itself in a self-similar pattern that resembles a stylized dragon or a jagged coastline. Mathematically, while the line itself becomes infinitely long as the iterations increase, the entire shape remains contained within a finite area, and multiple copies of the dragon curve can actually interlock to tile a plane perfectly without any gaps or overlaps. #math #dragon #fractals #animation #learnontiktok

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