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For each system a maximum ''level'' is defined. If this value is increased, the complexity of the drawing rises and running time increases, too.
For each system a maximum ''level'' is defined. If this value is increased, the complexity of the drawing rises and running time increases, too.


===Examples===
Most of the examples are from the book by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and James Hanan: ''Lindenmayer Systems, Fractals, and Plants'', see the References.
Most of the examples are from the book by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and James Hanan: ''Lindenmayer Systems, Fractals, and Plants'', see the References.
 
====First Example: Sierpinski curve====
===Sierpinski curve===
<html>
<html>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/distrib/jsxgraph.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/distrib/jsxgraph.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/distrib/prototype.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/distrib/jsxgraphcore.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jsxgraph.uni-bayreuth.de/distrib/jsxgraphcore.js"></script>
<form><textarea id="inputtext0" rows=3 cols=35 wrap="off" style="width:600px;">
<form><textarea id="inputtext0" rows=15 cols=35 wrap="off" style="width:600px;">
var level = 6;
var level = 6;
var axiom = 'A';
var axiom = 'A';
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<input type="button" value="clear" onClick="clearturtle(0)">
<input type="button" value="clear" onClick="clearturtle(0)">
</form>
</form>
<div id="box0" class="jxgbox" style="width:600px; height:600px;"></div>
</html>
<script language="JavaScript">
<jsxgraph width="600" height="600" box="box0">
var t;
var t;
var turtle = [];
var turtle = [];
var brd = [];
var brd = [];
brd[0] = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box0', {originX: 300, originY: 300, unitX: 1, unitY: 1});
brd[0] = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box0', {boundingbox: [-300, 300, 300, -300]});
turtle[0] = brd[0].createElement('turtle');
turtle[0] = brd[0].create('turtle');


function expander(level,axiom,rules) {
function expander(level,axiom,rules) {
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function run(nr) {
function run(nr) {
   brd[nr].suspendUpdate();
   brd[nr].suspendUpdate();
   var code = $('inputtext'+nr).value;
   var code = document.getElementById('inputtext'+nr).value;
   if (code=='') { return; }
   if (code=='') { return; }
   t = turtle[nr];
   t = turtle[nr];
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   turtle[nr].cs();
   turtle[nr].cs();
}
}
</script>
</jsxgraph>
</html>


====More examples====
* [[Quadratic snowflake variation]]
* [[Quadratic snowflake variation]]
* [[Dragon curve]]
* [[Dragon curve]]
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* [[Plant generation II]]
* [[Plant generation II]]
* [[Hexagonal kolam]]
* [[Hexagonal kolam]]
 
* [[Mango kolam]]
<html>
* [[Penrose tiling]]
<form><textarea id="inputtext8" rows=3 cols=35 wrap="off" style="width:600px;">
var level = 4;
var axiom = 'X';
var rules = {
    'F' : 'F',
    'X' : '[-F+F[Y]+F][+F-F[X]-F]',
    'Y' : '[-F+F[Y]+F][+F-F-F]',
    '[' : '[',
    ']' : ']',
    '+' : '+',
    '-' : '-'
};
var symbols = { 'F':'F',
                'X':' ',
                'Y':' ',
                '+':'+',
                '-':'-',
                '[':'[',
                ']':']'
              } ;
             
var angle = 60;
var len = 300/(level);
t.setPos(0,-250);
</textarea><br />
<input type="button" value="run" onClick="run(8)">
<input type="button" value="clear" onClick="clearturtle(8)">
</form>
<div id="box8" class="jxgbox" style="width:600px; height:600px;"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
brd[8] = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box8', {originX: 300, originY: 300, unitX: 1, unitY: 1});
turtle[8] = brd[8].createElement('turtle');
</script>
</html>
 
===Mango kolam===
 
<html>
<form><textarea id="inputtext9" rows=3 cols=35 wrap="off" style="width:600px;">
var level = 5;
var axiom = 'A---A';
var rules = {
    'F' : 'F',
    'f' : 'f',
    'A' : 'f-F+Z+F-fA',
    'Z' : 'F-FF-F--[--Z]F-FF-F--F-FF-F--',
    '[' : '[',
    ']' : ']',
    '+' : '+',
    '-' : '-'
};
var symbols = { 'F':'F',
                'f':'f',
                'A':' ',
                'Z':' ',
                '+':'+',
                '-':'-',
                '[':'[',
                ']':']'
              } ;
             
var angle = 60;
var len = 100/(level);
</textarea><br />
<input type="button" value="run" onClick="run(9)">
<input type="button" value="clear" onClick="clearturtle(9)">
</form>
<div id="box9" class="jxgbox" style="width:600px; height:600px;"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
brd[9] = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box9', {originX: 300, originY: 300, unitX: 1, unitY: 1});
turtle[9] = brd[9].createElement('turtle');
</script>
</html>
 
 
===Penrose tiling===
 
<html>
<form><textarea id="inputtext10" rows=3 cols=35 wrap="off" style="width:600px;">
var level = 2;
var axiom = '[7]++[7]++[7]++[7]++[7]';
var rules = {
    '6' : '81++91----71[-81----61]++',
    '7' : '+81--91[---61--71]+',
    '8' : '-61++71[+++81++91]-',
    '9' : '--81++++61[+91++++71]--71',
    '1' : '',
    '+' : '+',
    '-' : '-',
    '[' : '[',
    ']' : ']'
  };
var symbols = {
                '1':'F',
                '6':' ',
                '7':' ',
                '8':' ',
                '9':' ',
                '+':'+',
                '-':'-',
                '[':'[',
                ']':']'
              };
var angle = 36.0;
var len = 100/(level);
t.setProperty({fillcolor:'#abff00'});
</textarea><br />
<input type="button" value="run" onClick="run(10)">
<input type="button" value="clear" onClick="clearturtle(10)">
</form>
<div id="box10" class="jxgbox" style="width:600px; height:600px;"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
brd[10] = JXG.JSXGraph.initBoard('box10', {originX: 300, originY: 300, unitX: 1, unitY: 1});
turtle[10] = brd[10].createElement('turtle');
</script>
</html>


===The underlying JavaScript code===
===The underlying JavaScript code===
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-filling_curve]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling]
* [http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e28_3/lsys.html An Introduction to Lindenmayer Systems]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolam]





Latest revision as of 07:59, 8 June 2011

Online experiments with Lindenmayer Systems

A Lindenmayer System consists of

  • an initial string called axiom
  • a set of rewriting rules

This is an experimental page, where the Lindenmayer Systems can be changed online. The visualization is done by the JavaScript library JSXGraph. For each system a maximum level is defined. If this value is increased, the complexity of the drawing rises and running time increases, too.

Examples

Most of the examples are from the book by Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and James Hanan: Lindenmayer Systems, Fractals, and Plants, see the References.

First Example: Sierpinski curve


More examples

The underlying JavaScript code

The underlying JavaScript code for producing Lindenmayer systems

References