The Recursion Garden

Where patterns repeat, reference themselves, and bloom into infinite complexity

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The Mandelbrot Set

Click and drag to explore. Scroll to zoom into infinite detail. Each point represents a simple mathematical question: does this number escape to infinity, or stay bounded forever?

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Recursive Trees

Watch how simple rules create complex, organic-looking structures. Each branch follows the same pattern as its parent, scaled down and rotated.

Strange Loops

Self-referential systems that create paradoxes and impossible objects. These patterns reference themselves in ways that challenge our understanding of hierarchy and causation.

Fibonacci Spirals

The golden ratio appearing in sunflowers, nautilus shells, and galaxy arms

Lightning Patterns

Fractal branching in electrical discharge, river deltas, and blood vessels

Crystal Growth

Self-similar patterns in mineral formation and ice structures

Fern Fractals

How simple mathematical rules can recreate complex plant structures

Create Your Own Recursive Pattern

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