Definition

 Fractal is from the Latin

adjective fractus meaning
fragmented

 Fragmented dimension
Influential People
 Julia
 Mandelbrot
 Sirpienski
 Menger
 Julia set
 In the context of complex dynamics, a topic of mathematics, the Julia
set and the Fatou set are two complementary sets (Julia 'laces' and
Fatou 'dusts') defined from a function. Informally, the Fatou set of the
function consists of values with the property that all nearby values
behave similarly under repeated iteration of the function, and the Julia
set consists of values such that an arbitrarily small perturbation can
cause drastic changes in the sequence of iterated function values. Thus
the behavior of the function on the Fatou set is 'regular', while on the
Julia set its behavior is 'chaotic'.
 The Julia set of a function f is commonly denoted J(f), and the Fatou
set is denoted F(f). These sets are named after the French
mathematicians Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou whose work began the
study of complex dynamics during the early 20th century
 Mandelbrot
 Dr Benoit Mandelbrot born(1924) at Warsaw (Poland)
French /American Mathematician student of Gaston Julia has
studied Julia&aposs concept of iterated function and has
done something that Julia could never do. He took a function
f(z) = z2 + c ,for complex variable zand a complex parameter
c and started to seethe Patterns emerging out in computer at
IBM, (In 1980’s )and what he found is infinitely complex
structure which he called as Mandelbrot set. The Mandelbrot
set is visual representation of an iterated function on the
complex plane<br/>
Sierpinski triangle
 The  Sierpinski triangle  (also with the
original orthography Sierpiński), also called the Sierpinski
gasket or the Sierpinski Sieve, is a fractal and attractive
fixed set with the overall shape of an equilateral triangle,
subdivided recursively into smaller equilateral triangles.
Originally constructed as a curve, this is one of the basic
examples of self-similar sets, i.e., it is a mathematically
generated pattern that is reproducible at any magnification or
reduction. It is named after the Polish mathematician Wacław
Sierpiński, but appeared as a decorative pattern many centuries
before the work of Sierpiński.
Sample Works
Julia’s sets
Sample Works
Mandelbrot’s sets
 Sample Works
Sirpienski’s triangle

3D sample

Sirpienski’s Champ 2002 from Pacoima Middle

School, CA
Sample Work
Menger’s sponge
Properties of Fractals
 Self-similarity
 Infinite Detail

 Non-integer dimension
Properties of Fractals-Self Similarity
Properties of Fractals-Infinite Detail
Properties of Fractals-Dimension