The fractals in this exhibit were created on a CompuAdd 386 DX20 PC with an 80387 math coprocessor. The images were displayed by a Paradise compatible Super VGA video card using a 640x400 pixel 256 color Super VGA mode on a Zenith ZCM-1490 Flat Tension Mask VGA monitor. The prints were made from the slides using a Cibachrome compatible process. You may have done some reading about the science of chaos. The Making of a Science .
Fractals are graphic representations of some of the principles of the science of chaos.
My exhibits include several types of fractals including Mandelbrot set, Julia set, Newton, Tetrate and Lyapunov. Mandelbrot fractals are probably the most varied and complex of the fractals. Most fractals are based on one mathematical equation. Different regions of each fractal are simply different coordinates on a mathematical plane which has one rational axis and one complex axis. The number of times the equation is computed is converted into a color value.