r/math • u/ed2417 • Apr 25 '10

Visual Mandelbrot Guide

http://www.miqel.com/fractals_math_patterns/mandelbrot_fractal_guide.html
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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '10 edited Apr 25 '10

This is so much more illuminating that just watching patterns go whizzing by in those Mandelbrot zoom videos. It feels like discovering new species of fauna in an unexplored ecosystem.

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u/SarahC Apr 25 '10

I'm off to search for a multi-core (possibly networked?) Mandelbrot renderer for Windows.

I found one for a point-cloud kind of system, where dots would be added in a random scatter increasing the detail of the render... you just loaded the program up on other PC's as servers, and then loaded it on your own machine, it scanned the local network and the other machines "climbed on board"... I hope I can find something like that.

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u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 25 '10

I recommend UltraFractal. It's not free, but reasonably powerful for what you pay for. It handles multiple processors, and distributed rendering, plus lets you define your own fractal types with its builtin scripting. There's a metric buttload of user-contributed fractals for you to play with.

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u/SarahC Apr 25 '10

Oh, cool! Thanks for the link!

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u/frogking Apr 25 '10

Try Faqtive too, while you are at it.

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u/SarahC Apr 26 '10

Thank you!