Talk:Koch snowflake

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[edit] 3d koch snowflake

I notice that there's a mention of a 3d koch snowflake at the bottom of the page, but no link to get a picture. I found a picture here: http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~henrik/images/sflake.jpg but it isn't really a straightforward extension of the planar curve. I'd like to submit the construction on my website at: http://people.reed.edu/~goldena/solid-koch.html for consideration, if we want to have a 3d koch snowflake on this page. I hereby waive my copyright on the images at http://people.reed.edu/~goldena/solid-koch.html. They are in the public domain to be used by anyone for any purpose. 74.93.190.190 02:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC) goldena

This page was vandalised yesterday and i don't know how to change it back

See Wikipedia:How_to_revert_a_page_to_an_earlier_version. —Tobias Bergemann 09:13, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

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Should we change references here to the "von Koch snowflake"? Dysprosia 00:12, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I certainly wouldn't mind; however, I think (in general) the von is dropped when not using the first name. "von is German for "of"-- so its Helge of Koch..."of Koch" alone doesn't make as much sense. Lirath Q. Pynnor

I thought it was common to put the "von" in? As it's part of the name? In any case, if leaving it out is the Right Thing to do, then leave it out :) Dysprosia 00:22, 17 Nov 2003 (UTC)

There isn't a "right thing" to do; if you change it, Im not going to revert it -- both are used. Lirath Q. Pynnor

I've always seen it called the "Koch curve", not "von Koch"--70.245.253.65 02:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

the koch snowflake is quite ridiculous as it can have infinite perimeter but finite area

Congratulations. You just defined what a fractal is. --67.172.99.160 30 June 2005 21:01 (UTC)

Please sign your posts. Why do you call the Koch snowflake "ridiculous" implying that it has somehow earned your contempt? Its perimeter is not a line but instead a narrow probability distribution that challenges our usual ideas of perimeter or circumference that apply so easily to ordinary 2-D shapes such as circles, ellipses, polygons.Cuddlyable3 13:51, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Koch curve / Koch snowflake

I'd consider it odd that Koch snowflake redirects here when the article itself states:

The better known Koch Snowflake (or Koch Star) is the same as the curve,[...]

How about a move to Koch snowflage (or Koch Star) and, if needed, a slight re-write of the article in order to make it suitable for the new location? Jobjörn 02:06, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

SEPARATE THE CURVE AND THE SNOWFLAKE!

They are not separable. The snowflake is just the subjective impression of 3 Koch curves. Cuddlyable3 18:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC)