IFS Fractals


IFS (Iterated Function System) fractals are objects that are made up entirely of small copies of themselves. The fractal fern above began with a small fern image that was then repeated smaller and in different positions until it built up a fern-like picture. If you were to zoom into this fern, you would see that each "frond" looks just like the original, and each "leaf" on each frond is also the same image. This is a good example of self-similarity.

Zoom into a IFS tree fractal                                Watch an IFS fractal applet