WittSem 100L: Patterns in Nature

Fractal geometry

Reading assignment for Thursday, October 4, from Frame, Mandelbrot, and Neger (FMN) website, http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/

Main links in left frame (first level)	Links to follow under main link (second level links)
1. D. Geometry of Plane Transformations	Scalings, reflections, rotations, translations; example
1.E. Iterated Function Systems	IFS rules; unchanged
1.F. The Inverse Problem	Examples and practice problems (click on the images and the “here” link to see the examples and answers)
13.A. Java Software	Deterministic IFS (this will bring up a Java applet that lets you make different fractals by using different IFS parameters. Play around with it and see if you can figure out how it works. Go under “Scenarios” to change which fractal it makes.)