Intro to Chaos and Fractals Links

Julia Sets

• http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnhtml/javalarge.html.
• http://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/java/Julia/
• http://www.javaview.de/vgp/tutor/fractal/PaFractalImage.html
• http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/applets/JuliaIteration.html

Smale Horseshoes

• A nice little Flash animation of stretching and folding.
• A colorful picture of the Smale map. From Chaos and Cosmos, by Peter H. Richter.

General Math/Physics references

• Mathworld. A huge site with explanations of almost any mathematical term imaginable. There are thousands and thousands of entries here.

Links more or less related to the course

• FAQ for sci.nonlinear. Lots of good, reliable information here. Might be a little on the technical side at times.

• The Chaos Hypertextbook. A nice introduction to chaos and fractals, at a level similar to the Devaney text we're using. The list of internet resources is extremely good. This is a very helpful index of around 200 links.

• James Gleick. Yup, the author of our book has a web page. He has some interesting articles up.

Links not related to the course

• Computational Beauty of Nature. Some good info, and some very cool java applets.

• Here are two great Cellular Automata pages:
  1. Exploring the Space of Cellular Automata. This site has a very easy-to-use interface that will let you produce tons of space-time diagrams. (To find this interfact, follow the elementray CA link or go here.
  2. The Primordial Soup Kitchen. This site was built by David Griffeath, a math prof at the University of Wisconsin. Lots of colorful applets here.

Web page maintained by dave@hornacek.coa.edu.