Mark's Floating Julia Set Page

Julia Sets form one of my favorite classes of mathematical objects. The Julia Sets shown here are derived from functions of the form f(z) = z^2 + c where z is a complex variable and c is a complex parameter. The animation is generated by letting c vary. You can learn more about Julia sets by playing with my java Julia Set Generator.

A note about the animation

The animation is generated by a CGI I wrote to generate a sequence of Julia sets and display them in sequence using server push. The program generates 200 images - about 400K of information. You may download the source code. You need Netscape 1.1 or later to view the animation. If you are using another browser, the program will generate a single random image. You can reload the page to get a new image.

Acknowledgement

This cgi uses the gd gif creation library by Thomas Boutell, which is copyright Quest Protein Database Center, Cold Spring Harbor Labs and distributed by boutell.com.

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