Subject: Notices
Q33: Are there any
special notices?
A33:
From: Lee Skinner <LeeHSkinner@CompuServe.COM>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 12:37:33 -0500
Subject: Explora Science Exhibit
Explora Science Exhibit
The newly combined Explora Science Center and Children's Museum of
Albuquerque had its Grand Opening on Saturday October 25 1997. One of the
best exhibits is one illustrating fractals and fractal art. Posters
made by Doug Czor illustrate how fractals are computed. Fractal-art
images were exhibited by Lee Skinner, Jon Noring, Rollo Silver and
Bob Hill. The exhibit will probably be on display for about 6 months.
Channel 13 News had a brief story about the opening and broadcasted some
of the fractal-art images. The museum's gift shop is selling Rollo's
Fractal Universe calendars and 4 different mouse-pad designs of fractals
by Lee Skinner. Two of the art pieces are 18432x13824/65536 Cibachrome
prints using images recalculated by Jon Noring.
Lee Skinner
From: Javier Barrallo
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:06:14 +0200
Subject: Mathematics & Design - 98
INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Second International Conference on
Mathematics & Design 98
Dear friend,
This is to invite you to participate in the Second International
Conference on Mathematics & Design 98 to be held at San Sebastian,
Spain, 1-4 June 1998.
The main objective of these Conferences is to bring together
mathematicians, engineers, architects, designers and scientists
interested on the interaction between Mathematics and Design, where the
world design is understood in its more broad sense, including all types
of design.
Further information and a regularly updated program is available
under:
http://www.sc.ehu.es/md98
We will be pleased if you kindly forward this message to colleagues of
yours who might be interested in this announcement.
Hoping to be able to have your valuable collaboration and assistance to
the Conference,
The Organising Committee
E-mail: mapbacaj@sa.ehu.es
From: John de Rivaz <John@longevb.demon.co.uk>
Mr Roger Bagula, publisher of The Fractal Translight Newsletter, is seeking
new articles. Write to him for a sample copy - he is not on the Internet -
and he appreciates something for materials and postage.
Mr Roger Bagula,
11759 Waterhill Road
Lakeside
CA 90240-2905
USA
NOTICE from J. C. (Clint) Sprott <SPROTT@juno.physics.wisc.edu>:
The program, Chaos Data Analyzer, which I authored is a research and teaching
tool containing 14 tests for detecting hidden determinism in a seemingly
random time series of up to 16,382 points provided by the user in an ASCII
data file. Sample data files are included for model chaotic systems. When
chaos is found, calculations such as the probability distribution, power
spectrum, Lyapunov exponent, and various measures of the fractal dimension
enable you to determine properties of the system Underlying the behavior.
The program can be used to make nonlinear predictions based on a novel
technique involving singular value decomposition. The program is menu-driven,
very easy to use, and even contains an automatic mode in which all the
tests are performed in succession and the results are provided on a one-page
summary.
Chaos Data Analyzer requires an IBM PC or compatible with at least 512K
of memory. A math coprocessor is recommended (but not required) to speed
some of the calculations. The program is available on 5.25 or 3.5"
disk and includes a 62-page User's Manual. Chaos Data Analyzer is peer-reviewed
software published by Physics Academic Software, a cooperative Project
of the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, And
the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Chaos Data Analyzer and other related programs are available from The
Academic Software Library, North Carolina State University, Box 8202, Raleigh,
NC 27695-8202, Tel: (800) 955-TASL or (919) 515-7447 or Fax: (919) 515-2682.
The price is $99.95. Add $3.50 for shipping in U.S. or $12.50 for foreign
airmail. All TASL programs come with a 30-day, money-back guarantee.
From Clifford Pickover <cliff@watson.ibm.com>
You are cordially invited to submit interesting, well-written
articles for the "Chaos and Graphics Section" of the international
journal Computers and Graphics. I edit this on-going section which
appears in each issue of the journal. Topics include the
mathematical, scientific, and artistic application of fractals,
chaos, and related. Your papers can be quite short if desired, for
example, often a page or two is sufficient to convey an idea and a
pretty graphic. Longer, technical papers are also welcome. The
journal is peer-reviewed. I publish color, where appropriate. Write
to me for guidelines. Novelty of images is often helpful.
Goals
The goal of my section is to provide visual demonstrations of
complicated and beautiful structures which can arise in systems based on
simple rules. The section presents papers on the seemingly paradoxical
combinations of randomness and structure in systems of mathematical,
physical, biological, electrical, chemical, and artistic interest.
Topics include: iteration, cellular automata, bifurcation maps,
fractals, dynamical systems, patterns of nature created from simple
rules, and aesthetic graphics drawn from the universe of mathematics and
art.