Iterated Function Systems and Fractals
This code generates fractals based upon an iterated function system (IFS). Several input files and a Makefile are included. The code is written in C++, and distributed as a tarball. I did this for a class at the University of Utah, but it is based upon a homework assignment for a computer graphics class at MIT (6.837).
Below is the famous Barnsley fern which was generated by an IFS with just four transforms!
A few weeks ago when we were reviewing recursion in my introductory CS class, we had a project much like this in which we were to render a simple fractal (in Java). How would you go about rendering fractals iteratively? What are the benefits of an IFS? I briefly looked through the code, but I had homework to do.
Jeff
November 29, 2007 at 10:47 am