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Blancmange curve
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Mathematics/pxTouaz4">mathematics</a>, the blancmange curve is a <a href="/facts/Self-affinity/9Nvo7edY">self-affine</a> <a href="/facts/Fractal_curve/jjanzwda">fractal curve</a> constructible by midpoint subdivision. It is also known as the Takagi curve, after <a href="/facts/Teiji_Takagi/xDjJ7KtK">Teiji Takagi</a> who described it in 1901, or as the Takagi–Landsberg curve, a generalization of the curve named after Takagi and <a href="/facts/Georg_Landsberg/kn9LCT26">Georg Landsberg</a>. The name <i>blancmange</i> comes from its resemblance to a <a href="/facts/Blancmange/0JPja5NL">Blancmange pudding</a>. It is a special case of the more general <a href="/facts/De_Rham_curve/IhaRey4N">de Rham curve</a>. </p>