Re: Triangle

On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:05:31 +0100, joris bellenger
<svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>
>
>Ulrich Bauer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some time ago I saw here ascii pictures of the impossible triangle
>> (originally created by Escher).
>> Has anyone saved these pictures and can send them by email or post them
>> again??
>>
>> Thanks,  Uli Bauer
>
>Did you have this triangle in mind?
>If you did I'm glad I could help but I must say that this
>triangle was'nt created by Escher. It was made by Roger Penrose.
>
>                       ____
>                      /\   \        Moebius Triangle
>                     /  \   \
>                    /    \   \
>                   /      \   \
>                  /   /\   \   \
>                 /   /  \   \   \
>                /   /    \   \   \
>               /   /    / \   \   \
>              /   /    /   \   \   \
>             /   /    /---------'   \
>            /   /    /_______________\
>            \  /                     /
>             \/_____________________/
>
>
>(I found this ascii drawing on Michael Naylor's page. There was
> no sig on it so I assume he did the job himself)
>
>Escher used Roger Penrose's triangle to make the following print
>called 'Waterval'.
>(the amazing ascii rendering is by Veronica Karlsson)
>

If you like impossible figures, you may like this small one I created.
(tweaksters, do your worst!)

  _________
 |  _____  |\
 | |\ ___| | \
 | | |   | | |
 | | |___| | |
 \ | |____\| |
  \|_________|


--
Andy Johnson <the~las...@juno.com>
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