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The '08 Fall IFS Assignment and Competition is underway. Check out the images in the galleries just opened and start working on images for your gallery.
This page is for the use of students in Dr. Waiveris's math classes at CCSU.

Notice to all students. The '08 Fall IFS Gallery is open for posting images. There have already been several good images posted in three new galleries. The first part of the IFS assignment with instructions for creating and posting images is attached to a note on your class page. There is a special bonus for images posted by Monday. There is also a special 10 point bonus for the first IFS pumpkin. I am, of course, the ultimate decision maker in what is and is not a pumpkin. As always, I have an insatiable hunger for images. Just make sure, however, that the images you post are in .gif format.

Notice to M 119 students-- The tutoring schedule for Fall 08 has been attached to a note on your class page.

I hope that you had a great summer. During the break I did a little cleaning up. All of the IFS Galleries created in 2008 have been moved to the 2005-2008 IFS Galleries page. The 2008 Spring Classes page has been moved to the Previous Classes page.

Check out the pictures on the page titled Ted's Amphicar. The ride I got in it was really neat.

IFS 3.0 is now available for download and testing. This upgrade of IFS 2.0 can be used to create animations. You will still need a program like GIF Construction Kit (which I use) to convert the .bmp images to .gif images and animate the images. But it is pretty neat. Check out the IFS animations gallery below to see some examples.

FYI--All of the textbooks that will be used in the courses offered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences this semester are listed on the Department's homepage which can be accessed by going to the CCSU homepage. This should help you shop around to find the best price as well as get a head start on a course.

IFS 2.0 is free and available to any person or institution that would like to use it. Any person or institution that downloads a copy is also welcome to make it free and available to any other people or institutions that would like to use it. To download a free copy of IFS 2.0 and get in on the fun yourself go to the downloads page. There is also a gallery of 50 sample images with the transformations below.


 New User Registration - This page allows visitors to create user accounts.
'08 Fall IFS Gallery - The 2008 Fall IFS Gallery is open for posting images. More details on how to create and post images will be posted on the gallery shortly. But if you decide to get a head start just make sure that the images you post are in .gif format. Also, there is a 10 point bonus for the first person to post an IFS pumpkin. I am the ultimate judge as to what is and is not a pumpkin.
2005-2008 IFS Galleries - This page contains all of the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 IFS Galleries from classes at CCSU, students at The Gilbert School, East Hartford High Schoo; and participants in CAMPY workshops through Spring 2007.
2008 Fall Semester Classes - This is where the class pages for my sections of M 119, M 218, M 491 can be found.
Downloads - Software that you can download and use for your studies. This is where you can download IFS 2.0.
Fractal Explorer Gallery - This is an open gallery for all registered users to post their Fractal Explorer images.
Goshen Fair - The Goshen Fair is a great place to bring a camera. This page has galleries from the 2006 and 2007 fairs.
Icon Gallery - This page contains some of the pictures that I have used as icons on the welcome page.
IFS Tutorial - At the moment this is just a short pdf file to help you learn to use IFS ver5. which is just like IFS 2.0 that is avaiable on the downloads page. IFS 2.0 is the new and improved version of ver 5.. In the future it will be expanded to an interactive program where you can download ifs files and experiment with the program.
IFS Animation Gallery - It is possible to use IFS 3.0 and a program like GIF Construction Kit from Alchemy Mindworks to create IFS animations. Click this page for more details and a look at some examples.
IFS Gallery of Samples - This collection of files can be clicked to open in the IFS program.
Links - Fun and useful links relating to your course studies
Old Galleries - This page contains IFS and FE galleries created by students at CCSU, The Gilbert School, and participants in CAMPY workshops prior to 2005..
Other - Assorted pages about things like barn doors and throwing pumpkins. pictures of Loretta Lamb, and the Yucca Gallery.
Previous Classes - These are the class pages for my classes from previous semesters.
Ted's Amphicar - Less than 4000 of these cars were made in Germany during the 1960s. They are really cool. Find out more about them at www.amphicar.com/history. This gallery has several pictures of Ted's car in action.