Package micycle.pgs.commons

Class DoyleSpiral

java.lang.Object

micycle.pgs.commons.DoyleSpiral

public class DoyleSpiral
extends Object

Doyle spirals are patterns of non-crossing circles in the plane, each tangent to six others.

Author:

Javascript implementation by Robin Houston, Java port by Michael Carleton

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DoyleSpiral(int p, int q, double maxRadius)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<processing.core.PVector>	getCircles()	Returns a list of circles comprising the spriral.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

DoyleSpiral

public DoyleSpiral(int p,
 int q,
 double maxRadius)

Method Details

getCircles

public List<processing.core.PVector> getCircles()

Returns a list of circles comprising the spriral. The spiral is centered on (0, 0).

Returns:

list of PVector circles where .z refers to radius of circle