Table of contents
The questions which are answered include:
Q0:
I am new to the 'Net. What should I know about being online?
Q1:
I want to learn about fractals. What should I read first?
Q2:
What is a fractal? What are some examples of fractals?
Q3a:
What is chaos?
Q3b:
Are fractals and chaos synonymous?
Q3c:
Are there references to fractals used as financial models?
Q4a:
What is fractal dimension? How is it calculated?
Q4b:
What is topological dimension?
Q5:
What is a strange attractor?
Q6a:
What is the Mandelbrot set?
Q6b:
How is the Mandelbrot set actually computed?
Q6c:
Why do you start with z = 0?
Q6d:
What are the bounds of the Mandelbrot set? When does it diverge?
Q6e:
How can I speed up Mandelbrot set generation?
Q6f:
What is the area of the Mandelbrot set?
Q6g:
What can you say about the structure of the Mandelbrot set?
Q6h:
Is the Mandelbrot set connected?
Q6i:
What is the Mandelbrot Encyclopedia?
Q6j:
What is the dimension of the Mandelbrot Set?
Q6k:
What are the seahorse and the elephant valleys?
Q6l:
What is the relation between Pi and the Mandelbrot Set?
Q7a:
What is the difference between the Mandelbrot set and a Julia set?
Q7b:
What is the connection between the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets?
Q7c:
How is a Julia set actually computed?
Q7d:
What are some Julia set facts?
Q8a:
How does complex arithmetic work?
Q8b:
How does quaternion arithmetic work?
Q9:
What is the logistic equation?
Q10:
What is Feigenbaum's constant?
Q11a:
What is an iterated function system (IFS)?
Q11b:
What is the state of fractal compression?
Q12a:
How can you make a chaotic oscillator?
Q12b:
What are laboratory demonstrations of chaos?
Q13:
What are L-systems?
Q14:
What are sources of fractal music?
Q15:
How are fractal mountains generated?
Q16:
What are plasma clouds?
Q17a:
Where are the popular periodically-forced Lyapunov fractals described?
Q17b:
What are Lyapunov exponents?
Q17c:
How can Lyapunov exponents be calculated?
Q18:
Where can I get fractal T-shirts and posters?
Q19:
How can I take photos of fractals?
Q20a:
What are the rendering methods commonly used for 256-colour fractals?
Q20b:
How does rendering differ for true-colour fractals??
Q21:
How can 3-D fractals be generated?
Q22a:
What is Fractint?
Q22b:
How does Fractint achieve its speed?
Q23:
Where can I obtain software packages to generate fractals?
Q24a:
How does anonymous ftp work?
Q24b:
What if I can't use ftp to access files?
Q25a:
Where are fractal pictures archived?
Q25b:
How do I view fractal pictures from alt.binaries.pictures.fractals?
Q26:
Where can I obtain fractal papers?
Q27:
How can I join fractal mailing lists?
Q28:
What is complexity?
Q29a:
What are some general references on fractals and chaos?
Q29b:
What are some relevant journals?
Q29c:
What are some other Internet references?
Q30:
What is a multifractal?
Q31a:
What is aliasing?
Q31b:
What does aliasing have to do with fractals?
Q31c:
How Do I "Anti-Alias" Fractals?
Q32:
Ideas for science fair projects?
Q33:
Are there any special notices?
Q34:
Who has contributed to the Fractal FAQ?
Q35:
Copyright?
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