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From: "James D. Meiss"
Subject: Iterated Function Systems, version 1.0.4
Iterated Function Systems
IFS Version 1.0.4
An iterated function system is a kind of dynamical system that often
has a fractal attractor. One of the simplest is called the "Chaos
game" and gives rise to the "Sierpinski triangle." The application
IFS allows you to draw the fractal attractors for any iterated
function system where the mappings are affine. It allows you to
select a transformation using the mouse and zoom in to the fractal to
see any level of detail desired. Iterated function systems are used
by Hollywood to draw fractal landscapes, and have been proposed as an
effective image compression scheme.
This program is free, and may not be sold or included in any
commercial compilation without explicit permission of the author. If
you enjoy it, send me an email. If you don't enjoy it, tell me why!
IFS requires a PowerPC Macintosh running MacOS 8.1 or greater. It
also requires the openGL library, which is freely available from
apple from the URL