/* This file is part of the source code for 3D-XplorMath-J, Version 1.0 (January 2008).
* Copyright (c) 2008 The 3D-XplorMath Consortium (http://3d-xplormath.org).
* This source code is released under a BSD License, which allows redistribution
* in source and binary form, with or without modification, provided copyright
* and license information are included, and with no warranty or guarantee of
* any kind. For details, see http://3d-xplormath.org/j/source/BSDLicense.txt
*/
package vmm3d.fractals;
import vmm3d.core.Complex;
/**
* Represents a Koch "snowflake" curve. The standard Koch curve is produced when
* the "fractality" parameter is 1/3.
*/
public class Koch extends RepeatedSegmentFractal {
protected Complex[] computeNextLevel(Complex[] kochCurve, int computedLevel) {
Complex[] newKochCurve;
double sqrt3Over6 = Math.sqrt(3)/6;
if (computedLevel == 0) {
newKochCurve = new Complex[4];
newKochCurve[0] = new Complex(-2*sqrt3Over6, 0);
newKochCurve[1] = new Complex(sqrt3Over6, 0.5);
newKochCurve[2] = new Complex(sqrt3Over6, -0.5);
newKochCurve[3] = newKochCurve[0];
}
else {
newKochCurve = new Complex[ 4*kochCurve.length - 3];
double aa = Math.min(0.5, Math.max(fractality.getValue(), 0.25));
double aaVertical = Math.sqrt(aa - 0.25) / aa;
Complex aaVerticalI = new Complex(0,aaVertical);
int ct = 0; // number of points in newKochCurve so far
for (int i = 0; i < kochCurve.length -1 ; i++) {
Complex p1 = kochCurve[i];
Complex p2 = kochCurve[i+1];
Complex midpoint = p1.plus(p2);
midpoint.re /= 2;
midpoint.im /= 2;
Complex theDirection = p2.minus(p1).times(aa);
newKochCurve[ct++] = p1;
newKochCurve[ct++] = p1.plus(theDirection);
newKochCurve[ct++] = midpoint.plus(aaVerticalI.times(theDirection));
newKochCurve[ct++] = p2.minus(theDirection);
}
newKochCurve[ct] = kochCurve[kochCurve.length -1];
}
return newKochCurve;
}
}
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