Fractal-generating software

A fractal is a software that allows to simulate fractal on the computer. Depending representable Fractal different algorithms are used. The most commonly used methods are the iterates of functional systems, which are described by affine transformations, Lindenmeyer systems or escape time algorithm for Mandelbrot and Julia sets.

Historical Background

In the late 1970s, the importance of fractal geometry has been recognized for the computer graphics technology, the interest of graphic artists and computer scientists rose to this new method. But the public took to the aesthetically very beautiful fractals favor. Were particularly well-known in the 1980s, the fractals of Mandelbrot, especially the Mandelbrot set. Because of their special "beauty", she found a great response. During this time, the home computer technology has developed very rapidly, and emerged as the Internet, many programs were offered there, which could generate fractals.

Known fractal generators

There are a variety of fractal generators, particularly famous are the programs Xaos, Fractint and Fractalizer. All of these programs support the presentation of the best-known fractal, the Mandelbrot set, which is also known as the " Mandelbrot set ". The open source program Xaos is particularly optimized for speed, so you can zoom in and out in real time. Fractint, however, is a rather betagtes program, whereas Fractalizer is a German production. Moreover, there are various other fractal generators on the web, all of which have their appeal.