Monks to Sierpinski
Here are the first nine stages of a deterministic IFS whose attractor is the Sierpinski
Triangle, starting with a photo of my head for the initial figure. This illustrates the
fact that the attractor that an IFS converges to is independent of the choice of starting
figure.
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Starting figure:
![ifshead0.jpg (28234 bytes)](../images/ifshead0.jpg)
First iteration:
![ifshead1.jpg (29847 bytes)](../images/ifshead1.jpg)
Second iteration:
![ifshead2.jpg (32601 bytes)](../images/ifshead2.jpg)
Third iteration:
![ifshead3.jpg (36593 bytes)](../images/ifshead3.jpg)
Fourth iteration:
![ifshead4.jpg (41309 bytes)](../images/ifshead4.jpg)
Fifth iteration:
![ifshead5.jpg (46447 bytes)](../images/ifshead5.jpg)
Sixth iteration:
![ifshead6.jpg (47150 bytes)](../images/ifshead6.jpg)
Seventh iteration:
![ifshead7.jpg (45486 bytes)](../images/ifshead7.jpg)
Eighth iteration:
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