jsci.maths.chaos
Class KochCurve

java.lang.Object
  jsci.maths.chaos.KochCurve

public abstract class KochCurve
extends Object

The KochCurve class provides an object that encapsulates the Koch curve.

Constructor Summary

KochCurve()

Method Summary

double	hausdorffDimension()
void	recurse(double startX, double startY, double endX, double endY, int n) The recursive algorithm for the Koch curve.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

KochCurve

public KochCurve()

Method Detail

hausdorffDimension

public double hausdorffDimension()

recurse

public void recurse(double startX,
                    double startY,
                    double endX,
                    double endY,
                    int n)

The recursive algorithm for the Koch curve.

Parameters:

startX - the x-coordinate of the start of the line.

startY - the x-coordinate of the start of the line.

endX - the x-coordinate of the end of the line.

endY - the x-coordinate of the end of the line.

n - the number of recursions.