Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 WHAT ARE FRACTALS? CHAPTER 3 THE LORENZ AND OTHER STRANGE ATTRACTORS CHAPTER 4 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH L-SYSTEM FRACTALS CHAPTER 5 THE SNOWFLAKE AND OTHER VON KOCH CURVES CHAPTER 6 PEANO CURVES CHAPTER 7 GENERATORS WITH DIFFERENT SIZED LINE SEGMENTS CHAPTER 8 THE HILBERT CURVE CHAPTER 9 FASS CURVES CHAPTER 10 TREES CHAPTER 11 CREATING YOUR OWN L-SYSTEM FRACTALS CHAPTER 12 NEWTONS METHOD CHAPTER 13 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MANDELBROT-LIKE AND JULIA-LIKE FRACTALS CHAPTER 14 THE MANDELBROT AND JULIA SETS CHAPTER 15 WORKING WITH COLORS CHAPTER 16 FRACTALS WITH THE LOGISTIC EQUATION CHAPTER 17 FRACTALS USING TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS CHAPTER 18 FRACTALS USING ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS CHAPTER 19 CREATING YOUR OWN SECOND-ORDER TO SEVENTH-ORDER EQUATIONS CHAPTER 20 PHOENIX CURVES CHAPTER 21 THE MANDELA AND POKORNY FRACTALS CHAPTER 22 FRACTALS USING CIRCLES CHAPTER 23 BARNSLEY FRACTALS CHAPTER 24 ITERATED FUNCTION SYSTEMS CHAPTER 25 MIDPOINT DISPLACEMENT FRACTALS ABOUT THE CD-ROM INDEX

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Stevens is a veteran graphics programmer and author of several books, including Graphics Programming with JAVA, 2E. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and resides in New Mexico.

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 WHAT ARE FRACTALS? CHAPTER 3 THE LORENZ AND OTHER STRANGE ATTRACTORS CHAPTER 4 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH L-SYSTEM FRACTALS CHAPTER 5 THE SNOWFLAKE AND OTHER VON KOCH CURVES CHAPTER 6 PEANO CURVES CHAPTER 7 GENERATORS WITH DIFFERENT SIZED LINE SEGMENTS CHAPTER 8 THE HILBERT CURVE CHAPTER 9 FASS CURVES CHAPTER 10 TREES CHAPTER 11 CREATING YOUR OWN L-SYSTEM FRACTALS CHAPTER 12 NEWTON'S METHOD CHAPTER 13 WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MANDELBROT-LIKE AND JULIA-LIKE FRACTALS CHAPTER 14 THE MANDELBROT AND JULIA SETS CHAPTER 15 WORKING WITH COLORS CHAPTER 16 FRACTALS WITH THE LOGISTIC EQUATION CHAPTER 17 FRACTALS USING TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS CHAPTER 18 FRACTALS USING ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS CHAPTER 19 CREATING YOUR OWN SECOND-ORDER TO SEVENTH-ORDER EQUATIONS CHAPTER 20 PHOENIX CURVES CHAPTER 21 THE MANDELA AND POKORNY FRACTALS CHAPTER 22 FRACTALS USING CIRCLES CHAPTER 23 BARNSLEY FRACTALS CHAPTER 24 ITERATED FUNCTION SYSTEMS CHAPTER 25 MIDPOINT DISPLACEMENT FRACTALS ABOUT THE CD-ROM INDEX