Distinguished Scientist Lecture at Bard College

Chaos Games and Fractal Images

Robert Devaney, Boston University

Thursday, September 19^th, 2002

7:30 pm, Olin Hall

In this lecture we will describe some of the beautiful images that arise from the "Chaos Game." We will show how the simple steps of this game produce, when iterated millions of times, the intricate images known as fractals. We will also describe some applications of this technique used in Hollywood films.

The above lecture is intended for a general audience. For more about the mathematics underlying these ideas you are invited to a more technical talk:

Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set

Friday, September 20^th, 2002

3:30pm, Hegeman 102

(Refreshments at 3:00pm)