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Automatic generation of colorful patterns with wallpaper symmetries from dynamics

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A new algorithm is presented in this paper for the generation of colorful images with wallpaper symmetries by means of dynamical systems. Invariant functions are employed to construct density functions for the creation of colorful images.

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Lu, J., Ye, Z. & Zou, Y. Automatic generation of colorful patterns with wallpaper symmetries from dynamics. Visual Comput 23, 445–449 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-007-0116-9

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