A Software Driven Undergraduate Fractal Course
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The ambiguity in the title is intentional; the phrase ‘software driven’ refers both to the curriculum of the course and the students taking it. For the past three I years I have taught a sophomore level course at the University of Rochester on the mathematics of fractal images. The classroom I use is equipped with 25 50MHz 486 IBM compatible PCs, and an 8 foot overhead projector. Students taking the course are required to have a year of calculus and some computer experience. The second requirement appears to be redundant, since anyone who would want to take such a course would also be computer literate, in many cases more so than I am. The course appears to have more appeal to computer science majors than math majors. The level of enthusiasm in the students is rare for an undergraduate math course. On many occasions they have surprised me with their energy and originality.
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