Robotphobia » fractal http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia something about future.. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fractals http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia/2009/10/fractals http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia/2009/10/fractals#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:16:39 +0000 admin http://www.voo-doo.net/robotphobia/?p=17 A fractal is “a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole,” a property called self-similarity. Roots of mathematical interest in fractals can be traced back to the late 19th Century; however, the term “fractal” was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin fractus meaning “broken” or “fractured.” A mathematical fractal is based on an equation that undergoes iteration, a form of feedback based on recursion.

definition from Wikipedia

Fibonacci Sequence when nature meets numbers

Fractals in nature:

Snow crystal roman broccoli

Web resources and tutorials:

For those who want to experience with fractals :

A real time freeware fractal generator for MS Windows – ChaosPro

Flash tutorial – Fractals in ActionScript 3

Paul Nylander’s site – Fractals Math and Physics simulations

Fibonacci Sequence: Numbers of Life, Matrix of Universe

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