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Fractal Report

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Contents of FRACTAL REPORT      ISSN 0964-5640

from issue 0 to issue 20:      []


Early issues were undated- "Fractals are timeless".

FRACTAL REPORT 0:
Introduction...Karen Griffin...2
Editorial...John de Rivaz...2
From Star Trek to the Slipperstone Ridge...Mark Datko...3
Random Generation of Fractals...John Sharp...10
Enhancing Mandelbrot Fractals...Larry Cobb...14
Mandelbrot Generators on the Mackintosh II...Mark Datko...18
The Larry Cobb Prize...Larry Cobb...18
Fractals, Maths and Graphics...Simon Goodwin...19
Pleasing Mandelbrot Images...David Stevenson...23


FRACTAL REPORT 1:
Editorial...John de Rivaz...2
Turbo Mandelbrot Sets...Dr Dietmar Saupe 3
Contacts and Notices......11
Day's Squares...Nick Day...12
Fractals from the solution of Z^n=1...W E Thompson 14
Z Trajectories...Ed Herson...16
M_Hunter...John Marriage...18
Mandelbrot Images...Bruce F Milne...20


FRACTAL REPORT 2:
Editorial/Readers Comments...John de Rivaz...2
Affine Transformations for Graphics...Dr Keith Wood...4
A variation on the Mandelbrot Set...Paul McGilly...8
The First Larry T Cobb Prize Awards...Larry Cobb...10
Melting Mandelbrots...Steve Wright...12
Fractals on the BBC Micro...Phil Edmonds...15
Computing the Julia Set in C...Cliff Wootton...16
The Consequences of Finite Arithmatic...W E Thomson...20
A Space Filling Curve...W E Thomson...21
Transputer Fractal Computation...Leon Heller...22

FRACTAL REPORT 3:
Quaternion Julia Sets...Dr Ian Entwistle...2
Faking Planets...Mark Datko...6
BASIC Planet Programs...John de Rivaz...7
Warp Speed Mandelbrot Sets...Mark McCall...8
More Affine Transformations...Dr Keith Wood...10
Editorialette...John de Rivaz...13
More about Iteration Algorithms...Dr Jules Verschuren...14
Pictures from Dynamic Systems...John C Topham...16


FRACTAL REPORT 4:
Henon Maps...Andy Lunness...2
The Best Amiga Mandelbrot Program...Frank Chgambers...4
Call for Papers...Dr Clifford Pickover...5
Chaos - Making a New Science (review)...Leon Heller...6
Mandelplot for Amstrad 6128...Roderick Stewart...7
2^28 68000 Mandelbrot and Julia Sets...John de Rivaz...9
Chaos and Complex Cartography...Andy Lunness...10
Proven Shareware...Liam Proven...11
Game of Fractal Images...Dr Dietmar Saupe...16
Star Fractals...Dr Jules Verschuren...18
Editorialette...John de Rivaz...18
Lateral Fractals...Terry Spitz...20

FRACTAL REPORT 5:
Two Views of 3D...Lewis Siegal...2
Fractal Landscapes...Kate Crennell...10
Larry Cobb Prize...Larry Cobb...16
Mandelbrot 8087...Ed Herson...18

FRACTAL REPORT 6:
Editorial...John de Rivaz... 2
Mandelbrot Images (advertisement) ...Jake Davies... 3
High Powered Mandelbroids... R.J.F. Stewart... 4
The Numbers Game... Dr Keith Wood... 6
Speed, Mandelbrot and the Archimedes... Tom Marlow ...8
Fractal Art (advertisement)... Jake Davies ...9
The Henon Attractor... Peter Davidson ...10
Further Investigations of a Chaotic Dynamical System... John C. Topham ...13
YAMS - Yet Another Mandelbrot Speed-up... D. Stevenson... 16
The Third Larry T. Cobb Prize Awards... Larry Cobb... 19
Dynamical Systems and Fractals (Book Review) ...Dr Ian Entwistle ...20

FRACTAL REPORT 7:
Editorial... John de Rivaz ...2
Pictures from Complex Polynomials using Newton's Algorithm ...John C. Topham... 3
Announcements ...4
A Three Dimensional Julia Plot with Z-Trajectories ...John de Rivaz... 10
Space Filling Iterative Patterns... Dr Hugh Daglish... 11
Ikeda Map... Dr John Corbit... 14
Coloured IFS Tilings... Dr Uwe Quasthoff ...15
Intersecting Universes... Michael Kirsch... 18

FRACTAL REPORT 8: March 1990.
John Topham's Images from a Three Point Attractor.
Dr Clifford Pickover calls for papers for The Pattern Book
Bryan Dye look at Fractals for Children.
Mandelbrot in 3D... Ettrick Thomson.
Ian Austin: Fractal Curves and Plants
Stewart Russell describes his Julia Set Animations.
The Fourth Larry T. Cobb Prize Awards are announced
Fractals from zn+c by Andy Lunness,
Fractalmaker II
editorial and announcements

FRACTAL REPORT 9: May 1990
Martin's Mappings... Paul Gailiunas... 2
Fractals on the Apple II Series... J.R. Parkes... 4
A Brief Note on Time ...John de Rivaz... 5
Equation Stability... F.E. Alexander... 6
Nothing But Zooms... Amygdala... 8
Bifurcation Diagrams - a Detailed Look... John C. Topham... 9
Program To Generate Land Surfaces... Philip Hickin... 16
Amiga Fractal Announcement... Cade Roux... 18
Editorial ...John de Rivaz... 19
Announcements... John de Rivaz ...20

FRACTAL REPORT 10: August 1990.
The issue with the cover autographed by Arthur C Clarke.
Wallpaper... Peter Moon... 2
Julia Sets - Part II... Dr Ian Entwistle... 4
Fractal File Formats... Larry Cobb ...7
More Martin's Mappings ...Dr Hugh N. Daglish... 8
Bifurcated Sounds... Leon Heller ...13
Beyond Mandelbrot ...Tom Marlow... 14
Ginger Bread Men ...Tom Marlow... 15
Feigenbaum Diagram in C for the PC ...Leon Heller... 16
Editorial... John de Rivaz... 17
Announcements ...John de Rivaz... 18

FRACTAL REPORT 11: October 1990.
Hyperbolic Patterns from Dr Uwe Quasthoff.
Stereoscopic Mandelbrot by Ed Hersom,
Variations on the Mandelbrot Formula by Kate M. Crennell.
Book Reviews by Dr Ian Entwistle
Reviews of Shareware and Public Domain Programs for the PC by Jake Davies.
A short TurboBasic program. Three View Lorenz by Jose E. Murciano
Fractal Convolutions... Terry Spitz.
A Mandelbrot Monster by Paul Gailiunas
The Fifth Larry T. Cobb Prize Awards .


FRACTAL REPORT 12:
Simple Speedups from Paul McGilly.
Faster and Nicer Fractals by Dr Jules Vereschuren
Spirals by Nigel Woodhead
Shaded Three Dimensional Models by Howard Jones
Ettrik Thomsom shows us how to draw hyperbolic patterns with recursion
Dr Daniel Wolf introduces his dust.

FRACTAL REPORT 13:
Further Fractals from Newton's Formula... John C Topham...2
Editorial... John de Rivaz... 9
Announcements ...9
More Mandelbrot Sets... Chris Sangwin... 10
Compressing Fractal Images... Mike Parker... 12

FRACTAL REPORT 14: April 1991.
The Sierpinski Curve ...E.J. Turl... 2
Data Compression (Letter)... Larry Cobb ...2
A Bit More Detail, Please ...Graham Johnstone ...4
Basic Landscape... Jose E. Murciano ...7
The Volterra-Lotka System ...E.J. Turl... 8
The Bifurcation Diagram and Chebyshev Polynomials... John Topham ...10
Fractal Shareware on the Acorn Archimedes... Phil Edmonds... 15
x5-1 Newton Plot (image)... Dr Ian Entwistle... 16
Two Mandelbrot Images... Cade Roux... 17
Mandelbrot With Moving Colours... Jose E. Murciano ...19
Editorial and Announcements... John de Rivaz ...20

FRACTAL REPORT 15: June 1991.
Julia Sets: Alternative Mappings... Dr Ian Entwistle... 2
Faster and Nicer Fractal Sets - Part 2... Dr Jules Vereschueren... 7
A Fractal Tiling... Tiziano Terranova... 13
Editorial... John de Rivaz... 16
Mobius Mandelbrot Contortions... Cade Roux... 17
Announcements... John de Rivaz... 17
Fractal Calendar Competition... Dr Ian Entwistle... 20

FRACTAL REPORT 16: August 1991.
Reimann Sphere by Roger Castle-Smith
Mandelbrot Type Images From Newton's Method by John C. Topham
Joyce Haslam uncovers the secrets of Ushiki's Phoenix
Yvan Bozzonetti philosophises on What is Fractal Space

FRACTAL REPORT 17: October 1991.
Fractal Landscapes... Peter Berryman 2
Inside the Julia Set... Joyce Haslam 4
Fractals from Laguerre's Method... John Topham 6
Making Photographs from the Computer Screen... Howard Jones 11
The Method of Double Position... Paul Gailiunas 12
Fractals From Any Polynomial Using Netwon's Method... John Topham 14
Biomorfos... Jose E. Murciano... 18
Editorial and Announcements... John de Rivaz 19

FRACTAL REPORT 18: December 1991.
Julia Sets: Mappings with Decomposition... Dr Ian D. Entwistle 2
Chaos in New Clothes and Some New Fractals... John Sharp 7
Life in a Box: Lines Fractals and Being Human... Dick T. Oliver 13
Editorial and Announcements... John de Rivaz 16
The Blancmange... Chris Sangwin... 18

FRACTAL REPORT 19: February 1992.
Images from Halley's Method... John Topham 2
Rabbits and Foxes... Dolores Garcia Garcia 7
L - Systems... John Sharp... 10
Editorial and Announcements... John de Rivaz 16
Double Position for Functions of a Complex Variable... Paul Gailiunas 18
Taking Photographs of Computer Screen Images
Using Focal Plane Shutter Cameras... Roger Castle-Smith 20

FRACTAL REPORT 20: April 1992.
Editorial and Announcements 2
Review: Fractals in the Fundamental and Applied Sciences Dr Ian Entwistle & John de Rivaz 7
Fractal Power... Yvan Bozzonetti 5
Producing Sharp Fractals... John Sharp 7
Fractal Music: the 1/f algorithm... Dr Gabriel Landini 14
The Mandelbrot Explained: A Beginner's Guide... Mike Curnow 20


[From Issue 21 to 44]


Special thanks to John for permitting
his Journal to appear
on this web site

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