The Olympic LOGO
Can you use LOGO to draw a logo?
Age
16 to 18
Challenge level
Problem
How would you write a LOGO program to approximately reproduce the Olympic Rings logo?
You can do this theoretically, use logo or even try to do it in a limited number of characters making use of the twilgo http://twilgo.com environment. Using this small number of characters is a challenge!
You can do this theoretically, use logo or even try to do it in a limited number of characters making use of the twilgo http://twilgo.com environment. Using this small number of characters is a challenge!
Did you know ... ?
LOGO is a simple programming language which instructs a pointer (or 'turtle') to move on a flat surface. Mathematicians often become very skilled computer programmers and learning how to create beautiful, efficient algorithms is a part of this.
LOGO is a simple programming language which instructs a pointer (or 'turtle') to move on a flat surface. Mathematicians often become very skilled computer programmers and learning how to create beautiful, efficient algorithms is a part of this.
Student Solutions
If you go to twilgo then
RT 90 REPEAT 3 [REPEAT 360 [FD 1 RT 1] PU FD 125 PD] PU RT 139 FD 245 RT 41 PD REPEAT 2 [REPEAT 360 [FD 1 RT 1] PU FD 130 PD]
will approximately produce the desired image. Perhaps you can produce a 'better' algorithm to display this? If so, let us know!
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