Definition:Koch Snowflake

Definition

The Koch snowflake is the fractal generated by:

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This is the $3$rd iteration of the Koch snowflake:

Also known as

The Koch snowflake is also known as:

the Koch curve

the snowflake curve.

Also see

• Fractal Dimension of Koch Snowflake

• Results about the Koch snowflake can be found here.

Source of Name

This entry was named for Niels Fabian Helge von Koch.

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Koch curve
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fractal
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fractal