In a similar fashion to fractals given by Strichartz in [1] we give an overview of the construction of the Projective Octagasket, an approximation of its Laplacian and its spectrum. This fractal is not finitely ramified meaning that cells border along more than just vertices. As such analytical study upon it, and the existence of a self-similar Laplacian is only conjectured. Using a cell approximation given by Kusuoka and Zhou in [2] we construct the discrete graph Laplacian on a given level. This gives access to the spectrum where the eigenvalues and their eigenfunctions line up concerning symmetry and multiplicity. Solutions to the heat and wave equation are also given using an orthonormal basis of the eigenspace and computation of the heat kernel approximation.
Throughout our project we utilize a discrete graph approximation.
We take the limit of such approximation and glue together all
inner and outer boundaries antipodally. Below we show several
iterations of the Octagasket
One continues this process until desired after which all boundaries are glued together antipodally. This is shown for a level 3 approximation below.