bascule Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 In memory of Arthur C. Clarke's recent death, I would like to post his excellent program on fractals. He considers them one of the most beautiful and remarkable discoveries in the entire history of mathematics: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8570098277666323857 This program explores the far-reaching implications that fractals have both in mathematics and in our daily lives, and interviews a number of highly reputed mathematicians about the nature of fractals and the immense applications they could have in our daily lives. It feels a bit dated now, but still... excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I was hoping for a program for fractals. Where you can type an equation and it will show you what the resulting fractal would look like. (Along with pre-programmed fractals to look at like the Mandelbrot set, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I've tried to stream this a gazzilion times, I guess it's not just going to work for me. Bah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It's worth it if you can check it out somehow... somewhere... Maybe at school or a friends place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I was hoping for a program for fractals. Try XaoS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I downloaded XaoS for windows and unzipped it but it's just a load of unrecognised file formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted April 3, 2008 Author Share Posted April 3, 2008 Look in bin/ and click on xaos.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Cool. It's like looking at the Universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bascule Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Cool. It's like looking at the Universe. If you like that you should check out Electric Sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the tree Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Woo finally got to watch it, thankyou for linking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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