In the realm of astrophysics, are there any charts, graphs, or models (or even physical examples of star clusters, etc) that somewhat resemble the branches of a tree? [more inside]
posted by MattS on Dec 7, 2009 - 7 answers

I’m fascinated by the Mandelbrot Set but I don’t understand the math behind it. Can you help? [more inside]
posted by bondcliff on Jun 24, 2009 - 22 answers

Fractal creation/generation within Maya? [more inside]
posted by supyo on Feb 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Does anyone have any recommendations for books, textbooks, or blogs that discuss the conceptual development of chaos theory? I'd be very interested in its use in applied mathematics over abstract mathematical theory. [more inside]
posted by geoff. on Jun 5, 2007 - 11 answers

When I had a PC I was addicted to Fractal Explorer. Now I have Mac, what similiar Fractal generation software can I use?
posted by Mwongozi on Nov 30, 2004 - 4 answers