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?  New
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?  New
Q24a: How does anonymous ftp work?
Q24b: What if I can't use ftp to access files?
Q25a: Where are fractal pictures archived?  New
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?  New
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?  New
Q31b: What does aliasing have to do with fractals?  New
Q31c: How Do I "Anti-Alias" Fractals?  New
Q32: Ideas for science fair projects?  New
Q33: Are there any special notices?
Q34: Who has contributed to the Fractal FAQ?  New
Q35: Copyright?  New

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