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NAME

6       Math::PlanePath::DragonRounded -- dragon curve, with rounded corners
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Math::PlanePath::DragonRounded;
10        my $path = Math::PlanePath::DragonRounded->new;
11        my ($x, $y) = $path->n_to_xy (123);
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DESCRIPTION

14       This is a version of the dragon curve by Harter, Heighway, et al, done
15       with two points per edge and skipping vertices so as to make rounded-
16       off corners,
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18                                 17-16              9--8                 6
19                                /     \           /     \
20                              18       15       10        7              5
21                               |        |        |        |
22                              19       14       11        6              4
23                                \        \     /           \
24                                 20-21    13-12              5--4        3
25                                      \                          \
26                                       22                          3     2
27                                        |                          |
28                                       23                          2     1
29                                      /                          /
30               33-32             25-24                    .  0--1       Y=0
31              /     \           /
32            34       31       26                                        -1
33             |        |        |
34            35       30       27                                        -2
35              \        \     /
36               36-37    29-28    44-45                                  -3
37                    \           /     \
38                     38       43       46                               -4
39                      |        |        |
40                     39       42       47                               -5
41                       \     /        /
42                        40-41    49-48                                  -6
43                                /
44                              50                                        -7
45                               |
46                              ...
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49             ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
50           -15-14-13-12-11-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 X=0 1  2  3 ...
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52       The two points on an edge have one of X or Y a multiple of 3 and the
53       other Y or X at 1 mod 3 or 2 mod 3.  For example N=19 and N=20 are on
54       the X=-9 edge (a multiple of 3), and at Y=4 and Y=5 (1 and 2 mod 3).
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56       The "rounding" of the corners ensures that for example N=13 and N=21
57       don't touch as they approach X=-6,Y=3.  The curve always approaches
58       vertices like this and never crosses itself.
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60   Arms
61       The dragon curve fills a quarter of the plane and four copies mesh
62       together rotated by 90, 180 and 270 degrees.  The "arms" parameter can
63       choose 1 to 4 curve arms, successively advancing.  For example "arms =>
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66                       36-32             59-...          6
67                      /     \           /
68           ...      40       28       55                 5
69            |        |        |        |
70           56       44       24       51                 4
71             \     /           \        \
72              52-48    13--9    20-16    47-43           3
73                      /     \        \        \
74                    17        5       12       39        2
75                     |        |        |        |
76                    21        1        8       35        1
77                   /                 /        /
78              29-25     6--2     0--4    27-31       <- Y=0
79             /        /                 /
80           33       10        3       23                -1
81            |        |        |        |
82           37       14        7       19                -2
83             \        \        \     /
84              41-45    18-22    11-15    50-54          -3
85                   \        \           /     \
86                    49       26       46       58       -4
87                     |        |        |        |
88                    53       30       42       ...      -5
89                   /           \     /
90             ...-57             34-38                   -6
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94            ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
95           -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 X=0 1  2  3  4  5  6
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97       With 4 arms like this all 3x3 blocks are visited, using 4 out of 9
98       points in each.
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100   Midpoint
101       The points of this rounded curve correspond to the "DragonMidpoint"
102       with a little squish to turn each 6x6 block into a 4x4 block.  For
103       instance in the following N=2,3 are pushed to the left, and N=6 through
104       N=11 shift down and squashes up horizontally.
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106            DragonRounded               DragonMidpoint
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108               9--8
109              /    \
110            10      7                     9---8
111             |      |                     |   |
112            11      6                    10   7
113           /         \                    |   |
114                      5--4      <=>     -11   6---5---4
115                          \                           |
116                           3                          3
117                           |                          |
118                           2                          2
119                          /                           |
120                    . 0--1                        0---1
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FUNCTIONS

123       See "FUNCTIONS" in Math::PlanePath for behaviour common to all path
124       classes.
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126       "$path = Math::PlanePath::DragonRounded->new ()"
127       "$path = Math::PlanePath::DragonRounded->new (arms => $aa)"
128           Create and return a new path object.
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130           The optional "arms" parameter makes a multi-arm curve.  The default
131           is 1 for just one arm.
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133       "($x,$y) = $path->n_to_xy ($n)"
134           Return the X,Y coordinates of point number $n on the path.  Points
135           begin at 0 and if "$n < 0" then the return is an empty list.
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137       "$n = $path->n_start()"
138           Return 0, the first N in the path.
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140   Level Methods
141       "($n_lo, $n_hi) = $path->level_to_n_range($level)"
142           Return "(0, 2 * 2**$level - 1)", or for multiple arms return "(0,
143           $arms * 2 * 2**$level - 1)".
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145           There are 2^level segments comprising the dragon, or arms*2^level
146           when multiple arms.  Each has 2 points in this rounded curve,
147           numbered starting from 0.
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FORMULAS

150   X,Y to N
151       The correspondence with the "DragonMidpoint" noted above allows the
152       method from that module to be used for the rounded "xy_to_n()".
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154       The correspondence essentially reckons each point on the rounded curve
155       as the midpoint of a dragon curve of one greater level of detail, and
156       segments on 45-degree angles.
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158       The coordinate conversion turns each 6x6 block of "DragonRounded" to a
159       4x4 block of "DragonMidpoint".  There's no rotations or anything.
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161           Xmid = X - floor(X/3) - Xadj[X%6][Y%6]
162           Ymid = Y - floor(Y/3) - Yadj[X%6][Y%6]
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164           N = DragonMidpoint n_to_xy of Xmid,Ymid
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166           Xadj[][] is a 6x6 table of 0 or 1 or undef
167           Yadj[][] is a 6x6 table of -1 or 0 or undef
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169       The Xadj,Yadj tables are a handy place to notice X,Y points not on the
170       "DragonRounded" style 4 of 9 points.  Or 16 of 36 points since the
171       tables are 6x6.
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OEIS

174       Entries in Sloane's Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences related to
175       this path include the various "DragonCurve" sequences at even N, and in
176       addition
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178           <http://oeis.org/A152822> (etc)
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180           A152822   abs(dX), so 0=vertical,1=not, being 1,1,0,1 repeating
181           A166486   abs(dY), so 0=horizontal,1=not, being 0,1,1,1 repeating
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SEE ALSO

184       Math::PlanePath, Math::PlanePath::DragonCurve,
185       Math::PlanePath::DragonMidpoint, Math::PlanePath::TerdragonRounded
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HOME PAGE

188       <http://user42.tuxfamily.org/math-planepath/index.html>
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LICENSE

191       Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
192       Kevin Ryde
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194       Math-PlanePath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
195       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
196       the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
197       later version.
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199       Math-PlanePath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
200       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
201       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
202       General Public License for more details.
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204       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
205       with Math-PlanePath.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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