<s>
The	O
Minkowski	B-Algorithm
sausage	I-Algorithm
or	O
Minkowski	B-Algorithm
curve	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
fractal	B-Application
first	O
proposed	O
by	O
and	O
named	O
for	O
Hermann	O
Minkowski	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
casual	O
resemblance	O
to	O
a	O
sausage	O
or	O
sausage	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
therefore	O
often	O
chosen	O
when	O
studying	O
the	O
physical	O
properties	O
of	O
non-integer	O
fractal	B-Application
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
Minkowski	B-Algorithm
Sausages	I-Algorithm
may	O
be	O
arranged	O
in	O
a	O
four	O
sided	O
polygon	O
or	O
square	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
quadratic	O
Koch	B-Algorithm
island	I-Algorithm
or	O
Minkowski	O
island/[snow]flake	O
:	O
</s>
