Fractals: Get Stronger

Iterated Fractals

Using the initiator and generator shown, draw the next two stages of the iterated fractal.

1.

Initiator is a horizontal line. Generator is a horizontal line that then goes up at a right angle, right at a right angle, down at a right angle, and then continues horizontally.

2.

Initiator is a horizontal line. Generator is a zig-zag.

3.

Initiator is an upward-sloping line. Generator is that line with smaller lines branching off of it.

4.

Initiator is a horizontal line. Generator is two short horizontal lines side-by-side.

5.

Initiator is a square. Generator is eight more squares arranged to form the border of a large square.

6.

Initiator is an equilateral triangle. Generator is three equilateral triangles that touch each other at an angle.
  1. Create your own version of Sierpinski gasket with added randomness.
  2. Create a version of the branching tree fractal from example #[latex]3[/latex] with added randomness.

Fractal Dimension

  1. Determine the fractal dimension of the Koch curve.
  2. Determine the fractal dimension of the curve generated in exercise #[latex]1[/latex]
  3. Determine the fractal dimension of the Sierpinski carpet generated in exercise #[latex]5[/latex]
  4. Determine the fractal dimension of the Cantor set generated in exercise #[latex]4[/latex]

Complex Numbers

  1. Plot each number in the complex plane:
    1. [latex]4[/latex]
    2. [latex]–3i[/latex]
    3. [latex]–2+3i[/latex]
    4. [latex]2 + i[/latex]
  2. Plot each number in the complex plane:
    1. [latex]-2[/latex]
    2. [latex]4i[/latex]
    3. [latex]1+2i[/latex]
    4. [latex]-1-i[/latex]
  3. Compute:
    1. [latex](2+3i) + (3-4i)[/latex]
    2. [latex](3-5i) - (-2-i)[/latex]
  4. Compute:
    1. [latex](1-i) + (2+4i)[/latex]
    2. [latex]( -2-3i) - (4-2i)[/latex]
  5. Multiply:
    1. [latex]3(2+4i)[/latex]
    2. [latex](2i)(-1-5i)[/latex]
    3. [latex](2-4i)(1+3i)[/latex]
  6. Multiply:
    1. [latex]2(-1+3i)[/latex]
    2. [latex](3i)(2-6i)[/latex]
    3. [latex](1-i)(2+5i)[/latex]
  7. Plot the number [latex]2+3i[/latex]. Does multiplying by [latex]1-i[/latex] move the point closer to or further from the origin? Does it rotate the point, and if so which direction?
  8. Plot the number [latex]2+3i[/latex]. Does multiplying by [latex]0.75+0.5i[/latex] move the point closer to or further from the origin? Does it rotate the point, and if so which direction.

Recursive Sequences

  1. Given the recursive relationship zn+1 =  izn+i, z0 = 2, generate the next 3 terms of the recursive sequence.
  2. Given the recursive relationship zn+1 = 2zn+i, z0 = 3-2i, generate the next 3 terms of the recursive sequence.
  3. Using c = [latex]-0.25[/latex], calculate the first [latex]4[/latex] terms of the Mandelbrot sequence.
  4. Using c = [latex]1[/latex]-i, calculate the first [latex]4[/latex] terms of the Mandelbrot sequence., calculate the first 4 terms of the Mandelbrot sequence.

For a given value of c, the Mandelbrot sequence can be described as escaping (growing large), a attracted (it approaches a fixed value), or periodic (it jumps between several fixed values). A periodic cycle is typically described the number if values it jumps between; a [latex]2[/latex]-cycle jumps between [latex]2[/latex] values, and a [latex]4[/latex]-cycle jumps between [latex]4[/latex] values.

For questions [latex]25 – 30[/latex], you’ll want to use a calculator that can compute with complex numbers, or use an online calculator which can compute a Mandelbrot sequence. For each value of c, examine the Mandelbrot sequence and determine if the value appears to be escaping, attracted, or periodic?

  1. [latex]c = -0.5+0.25i.[/latex]
  2. [latex]c = 0.25+-0.25i.[/latex]
  3. [latex]c = -1.2.[/latex]
  4. [latex]c = i.[/latex]
  5. [latex]c = 0.5+0.25i.[/latex]
  6. [latex]c = -0.5+0.5i.[/latex]
  7. [latex]c = -0.12+0.75i.[/latex]
  8. [latex]c = -0.5+0.5i.[/latex]