UCSC: Porter 34B, Chaos, Fractals, and the Arts, Spriing 2014

Homework 03. Th 4/24, due W 4/30 @ 6 pm (via email to abraham@vismath.org)


  • A. Regarding MS#120, The Aesthetics and Fractal Dimension of Electric Sheep, 2006: Briefly explain the relationship between fractal dimension and aesthetic judgement.
  • B. Browse the Fractal Note images listed under Sprott 2D Fractals (71 cases) and report your three favorites.
  • C. Dissect the code of the two NetLogo models:
    WARNING: play-movie.nlogo makes use of NetLgo's QuickTime Extension. This extension requires the intallation mumbo-jumbo described in the NetLogo User Manual, version 5.0.5, December 19, 2013. Look in the left-side menu under Extensions and click "QuickTime."
    Dissecting the code for play-movie.nlogo does not require this installation, you may just open the model in your text editor and add your comments.
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