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Koch snowflake

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Koch snowflake fractal | Perimeter, area, and volume | Geometry | Khan Academy

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Koch Snowflake Fractal: Area and Perimeter Calculation

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Area of Koch snowflake (part 1) - advanced | Perimeter, area, and volume | Geometry | Khan Academy

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Koch Snowflake.MP4

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The Koch snowflake is a mathematical curve and one of the earliest fractal curves to have been described. It is based on the Koch curve, which appeared in a 1904 paper titled "On a continuous curve without tangents, constructible from elementary geometry" by the Swedish mathematician Helge von Koch.
  • Construction 

  • Properties 

  • Tessellation of the plane 

  • Thue–Morse sequence and turtle graphics 

  • Variants of the Koch curve