Electronic Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsNew Orleans, Louisiana, October 28-31, 2004Paper C021A Technology-Enhanced Fractal/Chaos Course |
Taeil YiDept. of Mathematics Univ. of Texas at Brownsville 80 Fort Brown Brownsville, TX 78520 USA Phone: (956) 882-6621 Fax: (956) 882-6637 Taeil.Yi@utb.edu list of all papers by this author |
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ABSTRACT
Easy construction of fractal figures is the most valuable procedure in learning Fractal geometry and Chaos theory. Calculators are not sufficient for such activities. Any powerful computer algebra system is not matching well with these kinds of activities, and students need to spend a lot of time to learn the program language and/or how to use the program itself. We introduce several free fractal constructing programs and benefits by using these programs in a fractal geometry course.Keyword(s): chaos and fractals, software