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	Fractal Geometry URL: http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/ ODP description: An educational resource on the mathematical framework and formalism from the Yale University, covering the concept of self similarity. Includes topical examples, images, algorithms and softwares.
	Mandelbrot, Benoit B. URL: http://www.math.yale.edu/mandelbrot/ ODP description: Founder of fractal geometry. Includes biography, vita, publications, interviews, and reviews. Page title: Benoit B. Mandelbrot Page description: Official Biography site. Benoit B. Mandelbrot is the world's foremost impetus for the advancement of Fractal Geometry. Learn about his life and work.
	The Spanky Fractal Database URL: http://spanky.triumf.ca/ ODP description: Collection of sets, attractors and related material for free distribution. Includes large categorized index of software, information and links. Page title: Spanky Welcome
	Julia and Mandelbrot Set Explorer URL: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/julia/explorer.html ODP description: Online navigator for various sets and attractors from the Clark University. Includes background and a short course on complex numbers. Page title: Mandelbrot and Julia Set Explorer
	Wikipedia: Fractals URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractals ODP description: Free encyclopedia article covering historical aspects and mathematical formulations. Includes two and three dimensional illustration sets. Page title: Fractal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	Chaos, Fractals, and Arcadia URL: http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/arcadia/ ODP description: Article on the mathematical ideas lurking in the background of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia. Includes examples, illustrations and references.
	The Mandelbrot and Julia Sets Anatomy URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/e-notes/MSet/Contents.htm ODP description: Scientific publication about the anatomy of different sets and attractors and chaotic dynamics. Includes animated samples, articles and mathematical formulations. Page title: The Mandelbrot set Anatomy: Contents
	3D Fractals Bicomplex Dynamics URL: http://www.3dfractals.com/ ODP description: Resource on the bicomplex generalization of the Mandelbrot set. Includes scientific publications, illustrations, news and downloads. Page title: 3D Fractals
	The Dynamical Systems and Technology Project URL: http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/dysys.html ODP description: Educational resource from the Boston University. Includes mathematical framework and formulation, animated illustrations and calculation spreadsheets.
	Fractal Explorer URL: http://www.geocities.com/fabioc/ ODP description: Tutorial for beginners covering the Mandelbrot and Julia sets, as well as four-dimensional sets. Includes interactive generators and gallery. Page title: Fractal Explorer: Mandelbrot and Julia sets (by Fabio Cesari) Page description: A fractal tutorial for beginners by Fabio Cesari
	Fractal Map URL: http://frac.samurajdata.se/ ODP description: Interactive online Mandelbrot and Julia generator. Page description: Fractal Map - A fun and addictive online fractal viewer. No Java required
	Fractals Unleashed URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/26242/ ODP description: Tutorial covering the different types of sets and attractors. Includes mathematical formulations, applets, programs, gallery and an art contest. [English, Russian, Ukrainian] Page title: Fractals Unleashed - Team 26242
	Fractal Dimensions URL: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractals/dim.html ODP description: Easy to comprehend mathematical approach to understanding the significance of the applied study of fractals and attractors. Includes didactic examples and illustrations. Page title: Cynthia Lanius' Fractals Unit: Fractal Dimension
	Newton Basins URL: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/newton/newton.html ODP description: Article about the basins of attraction for the Newton's method for finding roots of equations and their resulting representation in the complex plane. Includes mathematical framework and examples.
	Fractal Brownian Archipelago URL: http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~rauch/islands/ ODP description: Shows how brownian motion can model the shape of coastlines. Includes interactive demonstration and a collection of island set. Page title: Fractal Brownian Islands exhibit - Fractional Brownian Motion - fractals and coastline
	Kleinian Groups Pictures URL: http://klein.math.okstate.edu/kleinian/ ODP description: Discusses the mathematical theory of Kleinian groups. Includes illustrations, examples, formalism and program source code.
	Introduction: Chaos, Fractals And Attractors URL: http://www.ecometry.biz/ ODP description: Introduction to chaos, attractors and dynamic systems theory. Includes mathematical formulation, images and references. Page title: Ecometry
	3D Mountains URL: http://www.ibiblio.org/e-notes/3Dapp/Mount.htm ODP description: Shows how to create fractal mountains, three-dimensional Mandelbrot and Julia sets, convex, stellated and polyhedra. Includes pictures, plots and mathematical formulations.
	Technocosm URL: http://technocosm.org/chaos/ ODP description: Focuses on the visualization of three dimensional attractors. Includes formula derivations and image galleries. Page title: technocosm.org - Math, Chaos, and Fractals
	The Modular Group and Fractals URL: http://www.linas.org/math/sl2z.html ODP description: Explains the basics of fractals, Riemann Zeta, modular group gamma, Farey fractions and Minkowski question mark. Includes publications. Page description: An exposition of the relationship between fractals, the Riemann Zeta, the Modular Group Gamma and the Farey Fractions