SciencesPo (version 1.3.9)

butterfly: The Butterfly Curve

Description

The butterfly curve is a parametric equation discovered by Temple Fay where two functions in a plane produces butterfly-like curves.

Usage

butterfly(n = 100, nb = 500, title = element_blank())

Arguments

n

An integer for background points.

nb

An integer for the butterfly's points.

title

A character vector for plot title.

encoding

UTF-8

References

Fay, Temple H. (May 1989). The Butterfly Curve. Amer. Math. Monthly 96 (5): 442-443. doi:10.2307/2325155.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
butterfly(10, 100, title="10 x 100");
butterfly(10, 200, title="10 x 200");
butterfly(10, 500, title="100 x 500");
butterfly(100, 1000, title="100 x 1000");
}