CS141: Topics for April 7, 9, & 11, 2014

• Labs
  • Continue Lab 7: Introduction to Complex Numbers.
  • Friday: Begin Lab 8: The Mandelbrot Set (under construction).

• Complex and Imaginary Numbers (Continued):

  • Complex artithmetic
  • Polar Form z = r e^{i Θ} = r (cos Θ + i sin Θ)
  • See Exercises in lab.
  • What is happening in the lab program? Why do you get the transformations in the images?

• Mandelbrot Set

  • Sekino's Fractal Gallery
  • Introduction to the Mandelbrot Set
  • YouTube: Benoit Mandelbrot - Hunting the Hidden Dimension Nova (2008)
  • Ted Talk on YouTube: Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness

• Origami and Math:

  • Between the Folds, on YouTube