Recursion/Images and Geometry

A visual form of recursion known as the Droste effect. The woman in this image holds an object that contains a smaller image of her holding an identical object, which in turn contains a smaller image of herself holding an identical object, and so forth. 1904 Droste cocoa tin, designed by Jan Misset

The Sierpinski triangle—a confined recursion of triangles that form a fractal

Learning Tasks

• Analyze the concept of Fractals and explain the role of recursion for the generation of images and its underlying geometry.

See also

• Fractals