Fruit of Life

Author

Eric W. Weisstein
September 1, 2026

This notebook downloaded from https://mathworld.wolfram.com/notebooks/PlaneGeometry/FruitofLife.nb.

For more information, see Eric's MathWorld entry https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FruitofLife.html.

Copyright 2026 Wolfram Research, Inc.

Figure

The 13 circles of the fruit of life.

With[
	{
		centers = Join[
			{{0, 0}},
			Table[2 {Cos[t], Sin[t]}, {t, 0, 5 Pi/3, Pi/3}],
			Table[4 {Cos[t], Sin[t]}, {t, 0, 5 Pi/3, Pi/3}]
		],
		ink = LightDarkSwitched[Black, White]
	},
	Graphics[
		{
			Directive[ink, AbsoluteThickness[2]],
			Map[Circle[#, 1] &, centers]
		}
	]
]