Practical Uses of Fractals in Programming

Absolutely computer graphics. It’s not about generating beautiful abstract images, but realistic and not repeating landscapes. Read about Fractal Landscapes.

Perlin Noise, which might be considered a simple fractal is used in computer graphics everywhere. The author joked around that if he would patent it, he’d be a millionare now. Fractals are also used in animation and lossy image compression.

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