Bart   CS 4th Year Project

My final year Computer Science Project for my degree in NUI Maynooth was titled:

Tool for Generating Fractal Images of Recursive Functions

It was supervised by Dr. Paul Gibbson & Ms Stephanie Dunne.

I hope to have the entire report on the site soon but at the moment you can read the Abstract (Below) and download the classes. You can also view my presentation on the project and there will be some samples of fractals drawn by the program soon as well as a cool fractals wallpaper generated with the larger version of the program. Please note that the classes are ©2001 NUI Maynooth.

You can Download the classes etc. in zip format.
You can view the slides from the presentation I made to Staff and Students on my project
Wallpaper:
To preview the wall paper simply click on the link with the appropriate size on it (below image to the right).

To set the image as wall paper you can either save it by right clicking and choosing to save the file and then set it as your wallpaper from your desktop settings, or you can set it as your wallpaper by right clicking and choosing Set as Wallpaper from the popup menu.
Sample of the Wallpaper


Abstract
The objective of this project is to design a web based, platform independent tool for generating fractal images of recursive functions.

The tool should be generic so it can be used to view a range of different recursive function types.

Fractal images of recursive functions show the behaviour of the function over it's entire domain. It is possible to see at a glance the boundary between where the function converges and where it diverges. Moreover, if the function converges, it can also be seen, through the use of colour, how quickly it does so.

Such a tool would be useful for researchers in many fields of science including computer science, physics and mathematics.