smas 110 exhibition - jshafer

Geometric Progression

3a

Visualize a geometric progression (GP) of your choice in a concrete

manner that emphasizes the wide range of scales inherent to a GP. This is a simple

exercise in Cartesian geometry that can look as mathy as you like, or not.

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paper 0
pen 100

repeat  a 0 50
{
   pen 15
   line a 0 a 100
}

repeat a 0 50
{
   pen 10
   line 0 a 100 a
}
repeat a 75 100
{
   pen 25
   line a 50 a 100
}

repeat a 50 75
{
   pen 20
   line 50 a 100 a
}

repeat a 50 75
{
   pen 30
   line a 88 a 100
}

repeat a 50 63
{
   pen 40
   line a 75 a 88
}

repeat a 81 88
{
   pen 35
   line 63 a 75 a
}

repeat a 81 88
{
   pen 45
   line 63 a 75 a
}

repeat a 63 69
{
   pen 50
   line a 75 a 81
}

repeat a 69 75
{
   pen 55
   line a 75 a 81
}

pen 100
line 0 50 100 50
line 50 50 50 100
line 50 75 100 75
line 75 75 75 100
line 50 88 75 88
line 63 75 63 88
line 63 81 75 81
line 69 75 69 81

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