Programming Fractals [closed]

Answer 1

Any kind of programming experience is useful. So yes it is.

Especially for:

• math problems
• basic algorithms
• and of course fractal programming

Answer 2

It'll maybe give you practice in implementing mathematical formulae.

Answer 3

Fractals is a very intellectually interesting topic and well even the simplest implementation will make you learn about complex number maths,graphics generation,scaling images, and general programming.

Answer 4

Some fractals are good visual examples for explicit recursion; if you have a hard time with that concept, they might be good problems to work. You can start with "turtle graphics" style fractal paths like the Hilbert curve, or the classic "snowflake" fractal.

Many fractal-generation methods use heavy-duty number crunching (e.g., Mandelbrot and Julia sets). Number crunching is of course a field in itself, and tweaking your fractal generator to run as fast as possible can be a nice exercise in optimization.

Answer 5

Fractal programming would introduce you to recursion, iteration, graphics programming concepts, image processing, and user interface design. From a mathematics point of view, you would learn about geometry, complex numbers, Mobius transformations (Kleinian fractals), Affine transformation (IFS fractals), root-finding methods (Newton fractals).

And on top of all this, you get the reward of seeing your efforts result in strange and unusual images.