The picture above shows an approximation to the Gosper curve, which was discovered by Bill Gosper in 1973. The Gosper curve is a space-filling curve, which means that it converges to a curve that completely fills in the interior of a shape. The shape in question (shown below) is called the Gosper island. Despite having a fractal boundary, the Gosper isl…
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