Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85

Benoît B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed an innovative theory of roughness and applied it to physics, biology, finance and many other fields, died on Thursday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.

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Check out Skytopia's website for 3D Mandelbrot fractals.

IFS Construction Kit

IFS Construction Kit can be used to design and draw fractals based on iterated function systems. The program consists of three main windows. The IFS Window is where you can see and edit the code for the transformations that comprise the IFS. This window also shows the scale used in the other two windows. The Design window shows the effects of the transformations on an initial polygon. You can translate, scale, rotate, stretch, or shear transformations using the mouse, keyboard, or through a dialog box. This provides a way to define or modify transformations without having to enter the numbers in the IFS window. The Fractal window is where you draw the fractal obtained by iterating the transformations in the IFS, either by using the Random Algorithm or the Deterministic Algorithm.

The Human Geometry

The Human Geometry Project celebrates mathematical art, music, dance and literature through exploration of the human form. And for more risqué pictures, visit Naked Geometry.

Fractal Land

Fractal Land is were you will find fractal images done with UltraFractal, Fractint, Apophysis & other fractal softwares, and also some links to fractal resources, tutorials and other fractal galleries.

There are two main galleries: The Images and Fractint Images.

Gnofract 4D

Gnofract 4D is a free, open source program which allows anyone to create beautiful images called fractals. The images are automatically created by the computer based on mathematical principles. These include the Mandelbrot and Julia sets and many more. You don't need to do any math: you can explore a universe of images just using a mouse. It runs on Unix-based systems such as Linux and FreeBSD.

Infinite Fractal Loop

The Infinite Fractal Loop is a web ring dedicated to fractal art. I found it while browsing Keith's Fractal Art.