UCSC: Porter 34B, Chaos, Fractals, and the Arts, Spring 2009

Meeting #2, Thursday 09 April

Agenda

Setup Skype and Glance (failed due to internet damage)

Roll Call, Group A, Group B

Lecturettes, three threads:

1. Math (chaos theory and fractal geometry)
   • A Stairway to Chaos (MS#97)
   • The KL Process "Vertigo-Horrid"
   • Flash Applet for the Logistic Family
   • NetLogo Applet for the Logistic Family
2. Computer programming (computational math and graphics)
   • HTML (with Smultron, Taco, or BBEdit)
   • SFTP (with Transmit or Fetch, postponed)
3. Art history (artists using chaos and/or fractals)
   • The Chaos and Fractals of Paris
   • The Aesthetics and Fractal Dimension of Electric Sheep

Notes and assignments will be posted on this site by 11 pm every Thursday