"Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered

 

 

 

"Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered

via Slashdot by kdawson on 11/15/09

symbolset writes "Many know the beauty and complexity of the Mandelbrot set. For some years now a few enterprising mathematicians / rendering fiends have been seeking a true 3D Mandelbrot set. A month ago a solution was found, and it is awesome to behold."

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Link : Fractal Science Kit

Fractal Science Kit

URL http://www.fractalsciencekit.com

Description

Windows program for exploring fractals including: Mandelbrot, Julia, Convergent, Newton, Orbit Traps, Sierpinski Triangle, IFS, Strange Attractors, Rep-N Tiles, Symmetric Icons, Apollonian Gasket, Circle Inversion, Schottky Group, Kleinian Group, L-System and many more. Hundreds of built-in equations, transformations, orbit traps, and color controllers, allow the casual user to produce stunning fractal images while providing the experienced fractal developer a rich set of illustrative examples on which to build his/her own programs.

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Fractal Link, Stewart Lawrence Crookwell

Stewart Lawrence Crookwell is an eighty year old fractal artist who produces unique images have a look at his website http://www.wirefree.net.au/~lawrence

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Old Links

Some links from my old fractals page, they might be broken by now.

Fractal Programs

PC
MMFrac2.3	Freeware Fractal Generator Program, not tried it yet, screenshots look good.
Fractint (Dos, Windows, Freeware)	The program that I used to create most of the images here. Good range of fractal types, examples, options. Its fast too. Just download it. DOS version runs well under Windows 95.
Fractal Extreme (Windows, Shareware)	Good program, creates lovely zoom movies, easy to use.
Ultra Fractal (DOS, Shareware)	DOS GUI type interface, runs well under Windows 95. Good output, fast, easy to use.
Flarium24 (Windows, Freeware)	Very good program lots of options to fiddle with. Upto 24bit color, various sizes.
Ultra Fractal (Windows, shareware)	Looks a like a good program.
Tiera-Zon (Windows)	By the same author as Flarium24. Faster, more options.
Mac
Fractal Domains v1.2	Not tried.
ab Fractal v0.4b	Not tried.
Color Fractal Generator v2.3	Not tried.
MandelTV DA v1.0	Not tried.
Try these FTP sites for more programs
Softseek	Do a search on "fractal", for quick results.
ZDNet Hotfiles	Do a search on "fractal", for quick results.
Other Links to Fractal Pages
Sent your fractal links to be included here.
ScienceU	Order HI-Res fractal posters and lots of other science stuff.
Fractal Artwork form Fractured Perceptions	Good selection of images, well designed.
LifeSmith Classic Fractals	Fractal poster, t-shirts, ties, calenders, etc.

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