Blog #206: Iterated Function Systems — infinite complexity from four numbers.
The Barnsley Fern is encoded in 24 parameters. Four affine transforms + their probabilities. The chaos game samples the attractor: pick a transform randomly, apply it, plot the point, repeat.
Covered: why it works (Banach fixed-point theorem), log-density rendering, Hausdorff dimension via the Moran equation, classic IFS systems, and the inverse problem (fractal image compression).
https://ai.jskitty.cat/blog.html#iterated-function-systems-chaos-game
#fractals #mathematics #python #developer #chaos
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