I. MANDELBROT & FRACTAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION

In this section are all information regarding Mandelbrot and his mathematical model:

• Fractal What? Mandelbrot Explains ("..Benoit Mandelbrot discovered fractals 40 years ago. Born in Poland, he was raised in France and has done most of his work in the U.S...")
• What are fractals? ("..Fractals have come up as an important question two times before the invention of computers. The first time was when British map makers discovered the problem with measuring the length of Britain's coast..")
• In Mandelbrot's Midst Part 1: Fractal Forerunners (Fractal art is a creative expression and extension of fractal mathematics. The mathematical history of fractals is full of unusual, yet not surprising, twists and turns. Starting back more than 2000 years, mathematics took a somewhat visual turn..." - Included links to part II-IV)
  
• The Mandelbrot Set ("..This set is the classic: the only one implemented in many plotting programs, and the source of most of the printed fractal images published in recent years..." - mathematical details)
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II. ONLINE FRACTAL EXPLORER, TOOLS & GALLERIES

There are several online fractal generators called fractal explorers. They are listed below. Included are also additional tools and links to many, many beautiful fractal art galleries:

• Julia and Mandelbrot Set Explorer
• Julia and Mandelbrot Fractals (Online Explorer)
• Fractal Generator - Generate your own color IFS fractals quickly and easily! (Online tool. Uses Java applets)
• Hundred Mandelbrot art images on 10 pages (Galleries)
• Fractal Journeys (Very beautiful fractal images! Excellent site.)
• Fractal Fantasies (Many excellent creations..)
• Nice Images Images & Galleries (Hundreds of very beautiful fractal images)
• Very Beautiful Fractal Art (40 full size, hi-rez galleries. Excellent)
• Fractal Art Gallery - Fractals in Oil and Acrylic (More than 40 galleries!)
• Beautiful Images ("..a range of fractals which have not been manipulated, and so are completely natural..." - with FRS code!)
• 144 fractal images ("..created by subscribers of The Fractals and Fractint Discussion List.." - single page!)
• The Spanky Fractal Database ("..a collection of fractals and fractal related material for free distribution on the net. Most of the software was gathered from various ftp sites on the Internet and it is generally freeware or shareware.." - many links to fractal sites with description)
• Plenty of nice fractal galleries
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III. FRACTAL SITES

Some of the fractal sites are very useful and interesting:

• Fractal Art ("..Over three hundred and ninety fractal images, organized into small galleries, with thumbnails for every one..Information on fractals in general, and FractInt and Ultra Fractal specifically; how these images are created; tips, techniques, and tutorials..Fractal generators, formula and parameter files, screen savers, Windows themes, and mailing list archives etc..")
• Amazing Seattle Fractals ("..learn more about fractals, learn how to create your own fractal art, download free fractal software programs or just to view some fractal art galleries..")
• Sprott's Fractal Gallery (Not a nice site design, but plenty of images of its own kind. Advanced Levels)
• Fractal Art Images, Screensavers etc.
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IV. FRACTAL EXPLORER AND GRAPHICS GENERATOR

You can also generate fractal images on your PC directly. There are several fractal explorers for download on the net. Some are free and some are shareware:

• Fractal Explorer ("..Explorer is a freeware fractal generation tool that can produce surprising fractal pictures. It's not intended to be a real tool for use by professionals - it's more of a toy for people who like a mysterious and perfect mathematical-based images..." - Nice site)
• ..With Aros Fractals you can explore some classical fractal images at extremely high resolutions (physical size and color depths)... (- Freeware. Site includes also a small fractals gallery)
• Fractint development page
  
• Phoenix (Nice site. Check it out)
• Many Fractal Generators, Tools & Plug-Ins
• Ultra Fractal ("..is a Windows program that creates images of fractals...It creates smooth, true-color images. It enables you to write your own fractal formulas, coloring algorithms and geometric transformations in a simple formula language..." - 30 days free evaluation)
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