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How to Curve Your Dragon 
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All you need is a strip of paper. Fold the strip in half repeatedly (4 or 5 times), then unfold it at right angles.
All you need is a strip of paper. Fold the strip in half repeatedly (4 or 5 times), then unfold it at right angles.
The paper folding construction explains how the curve turns left and right. 1 = left turn, 0 = right turn
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What& #39;s the next number?
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What& #39;s the next number?
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The fractal dimension of the dragon curve is log(2)/log(√2) = 2, thus it& #39;s a space-filling curve.
Image source: Prokofiev (Wikipedia)
Image source: Prokofiev (Wikipedia)
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