Editing Diffusion-limited aggregation (section)

== Artwork based on diffusion-limited aggregation ==
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 | caption1 = High-voltage dielectric breakdown within a block of plexiglas creates a fractal pattern called a [[Lichtenberg figure]]. The branching discharges ultimately become hairlike, but are thought to extend down to the molecular level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://capturedlightning.com/frames/lichtenbergs.html |title=What are Lichtenberg figures, and how do we make them? |last=Hickman  |first=Bert |date=2006 |website=CapturedLightning.com |access-date=June 6, 2019 }} Last updated: 03/26/19. Created: 02/11/06 or earlier at http://lichdesc.teslamania.com.</ref>
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 | caption2 = [[Sunflow]] rendered image of a [[point cloud]] created using [[toxiclibs]]/simutils with the DLA process applied to a spiral curve<ref name="TL"/>
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The intricate and organic forms that can be generated with diffusion-limited aggregation algorithms have been explored by artists. Simutils, part of the [[toxiclibs]] [[open source]] library for the [[Java programming language]] developed by Karsten Schmidt, allows users to apply the DLA process to pre-defined guidelines or curves in the simulation space and via various other parameters dynamically direct the growth of 3D forms.<ref name="TL">{{cite web |url=http://toxiclibs.org/2010/02/new-package-simutils/ |title=simutils-0001: Diffusion-limited aggregation |last=Schmidt |first=K. |date=February 20, 2010 |website=toxiclibs.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619192520/http://toxiclibs.org/2010/02/new-package-simutils/ |access-date=June 6, 2019 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2021-06-19 }}</ref>