Tuesday 28 June 2005 — This is more than 19 years old. Be careful.
I recently unearthed evidence of my geeky teenager-hood: I made many Lattice Drawings on 1-mm graph paper. I’m still fascinated by them, so I guess it is also evidence of my geeky middle age...
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I can see the appeal both then and now.
FWIW, a more comprehensive discussion of the problem is available here as a PowerPoint file.
It's called Rangoli, or Kolam in South India. They are usually drawn using a white powder, but special occasions call for particularly elaborate and colorful patterns.
http://www.i-kolam.com/
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/art/rangoli.htm
Thanks for putting up scans of the graph paper -- it's cool that you still have it!
Would it be too much to ask if you could publish the python program you wrote for the computer-drawn images?
-K
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