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	Topics Lute of Pythagoras Topic Home The lute of PythagorasPythagoras Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian mathematician and philosopher, founder of the mystic, religious and scientific society c... is a geometric form made of pentagonPentagon In geometry, a pentagon is any five-sided polygon.... s with inscribed pentagramPentagram A pentagram is a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes.... s where the sides of the pentagrams are the sides of the smaller pentagons. The form is a fractalFractal Summary In colloquial usage, a fractal is a shape that is recursively constructed or self-similar, that is, a shape that appears similar a... , like the Koch snowflakeKoch snowflake The Koch snowflake is a mathematical curve, and one of the earliest fractal curves to have been described.... where an infinite progression of forms fits into a finite space.