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315 Design Is Calculating<br />

gðxÞ fi gðyÞ<br />

according to the predicate. This can go from any rule—then the values for x and y are<br />

simply shapes<br />

—to rules with certain prescribed properties. Maybe y ¼ x to define identities for<br />

polygons<br />

Or perhaps y ¼ tðxÞ for a transformation t of x<br />

or y ¼ x þ tðxÞ<br />

so that once a rule is applied to a part like x it can be applied again to a part like<br />

tðxÞ. This kind of recursion is neat, but it’s not all that can happen in shapes, as the<br />

rule<br />

demonstrates with the surprise square in its right side. And single rules are also<br />

possible—then x and y are given shapes, say, this square and its diagonals

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