NCTM Meeting in San Diego

Fractals and Chaos at Community Colleges:
Fractal Software List

Compiled by Mark F. Harbison
Sacramento City College, CA
MHfractal@aol.com

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Macintosh Fractal Software

Dynamic Software package software & manual
Fractasketch: Fractal coastline generating tool with 235 samples.
MadelMovie: Mandelbrot set image sequence tool with 2 samples.
Fractus IFS: Iterated Function System tool with 13 samples.
by: Dynamic Software, po box 7534, Santa Cruz, CA 95061
or Dynamic Software, po box 13991, Berkeley, CA 94701. (510) 644-0139.
or contanct Bernt Wahl: bernt_wahl@bmug.org
Macintosh Plus or above, Min. 1 MB RAM, System 4.2 or later.

Koyn Fractal Studio software & manual
Iterated Function Systems (IFS) tool with 136 samples.
by: William K. Bradford Publishing Company,
310 School Street, Acton, MA 01720. (800) 421-2009.
Macintosh Plus or above, Min. 600K free RAM, System 6.0.5 or later.

Fractals in Your Future, A Primer on Theory and Applications of Fractals and Chaos - book (available from the author)
16 chapters cover IFS, the M-set, self-similar fractals, dynamic systems and chaos. 6 programs available for both Mac and IBM platforms. With 45 samples.
by: Ronald Lewis, 204 Simon Lake Drive, Box 175, Naughton, Ontario, P0M 2M0 CANADA.
self-published (spiral-bound). 705-692-4592. Ronalewi@village.ca.

Chaos Under Control book (with software available from the author)
10 chapters cover IFS, the M-set, dynamical systems & chaos.
5 programs available for Mac, with 14 samples. Min. 1 MB free RAM, system 7.0 or higher.
by: David Peak & Michael Frame, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308.
Frame@gar.union.edu. W.H. Freeman, NY. ISBN 0-7167-29-4.

MacMath ISBN 0-387-94135-5. book & software
Dynamical Systems set of 12 programs involving chaos & differential equations.
by: John H. Hubbard & Beverly H. West, Cornell University. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Fractals for the Macintosh ISBN 1-878739-46-8. book & software
Mandella program draws Mandelbrot set & other sets, similar to Fractint. With 20 samples.
by: Jesse Jones. Waite Group Press (see below), (800) 788-3123.
Color Macintosh, system 6.0 or higher.

IBM-compatible Fractal Software

Fractal Creations, 2nd. ed. ISBN 1-878739-34-4. book & software
Includes Fractint version 18, 3-D glasses, and a CD with over 1800 samples, including IFS.
Tim Wegner (73477,433@compuserve.com) & Bert Tyler (71320,675@compuserve.com).
Min. 512K free RAM. Wait Group Press, 200 Tamal Plaza, Corte Madera, CA 94925.

Fractals for Windows ISBN 1-878739-25-5. book & software
Includes WinFract program, 3-D glasses and 75 samples, including IFS.
by: Tim Wegner & others. 80286 or better, Windows 3.0 or higher. Waite Group Press.

Fractals in Your Future book (with software available from the author)
16 chapters cover IFS, the M-set, self-similar fractals, dynamic systems and chaos.
6 programs available for both Mac and IBM platforms. With 45 samples.
by: Ronald Lewis, 2240 Hudson St, Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA P3A 1T1.
self-published (spiral-bound). (705) 566-3264. Ronalewi@village.ca.


Mark F. Harbison
Sacramento City College, CA
email: MHfractal@aol.com

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