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Re: Does this figure have a name

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From	Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject	Re: Does this figure have a name
Date	Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:28:33 +0200
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Op Friday 5 Sep 2014 03:06 CEST schreef tlvp:

> On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:40:11 +0200, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>
>> I created this figure, based on something I have seen:
>> 4  4  translate
>>
>> 10  10  moveto
>> 30  10  10  180  360  arc
>> 10   0  rlineto
>> 50  30  10  -90   90  arc
>> 0  10  rlineto
>> 30  50  10    0  180  arc
>> -10  0  rlineto
>> 10  30  10   90  270  arc
>> closepath
>> stroke
>>
>> Does this figure has a name? Then I can name the function after it.
>
> I suspect it does -- it reminds me of a Moorish tile pattern, and I
> think those *all* have names. (What name, though, I cannot answer,
> sorry.)
>
> For example, the Marrakech and Granada tiles near the top of page at
> <http://www.moroccantile.org/> have a component that's vaguely
> similar to your figure except that for using yet another symmetric
> right triangle each place on the figure's boundary where you use a
> 180 degree arc (semicircle).

No need to be sorry. :-) And you gave me something to get inspiration
out again.


> Perhaps a judicious Google Image search would turn something up
> (though it didn't bring me anything noteworthy). HTH. Cheers, --

I am already not very good with normal Google search. But never give
up.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-04 10:40 +0200
  Re: Does this figure have a name Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2014-09-04 13:33 -0700
    Re: Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-05 02:12 +0200
  Re: Does this figure have a name Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2014-09-04 22:04 +0000
    Re: Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-05 02:14 +0200
  Re: Does this figure have a name tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2014-09-04 21:06 -0400
    Re: Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-05 20:28 +0200

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