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How is Michael Barnsley life related to fractals?

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Question by TATA
Submitted on 10/29/2003
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How is Michael Barnsley life related to fractals?


Answer by jotsuji
Submitted on 12/30/2003
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Michael Barnsley experimented with Julia sets and developed a chaos game, where a participant created a set of rules attached to a random outcome, which developed mappings of chaotic events.

 

Answer by Drew
Submitted on 9/15/2005
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Michael Barnsley looked at fractals through another perspective. Using collage theory he could find fractal order in much of nature. He made something called the chaos game. Rules are set to map a certain point if a random event matches certain criteria. his most famous fractal is the fern.

 

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