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School's out for summer. I hope that you are having a good break.
This page is for the use of students in Dr. Waiveris's math classes at CCSU.

Students in Ms. Klein's three geometry classes at East Hartford High School created IFS images using IFS 2.0 on May 29 and May 30. They did a great job. Check out their galleries in the 08 EHHS IFS Gallery.

CCSU was one of the host sites on May 21 for CAMPY 2008. In two of the sessions participants used IFS 2.0 to create fractal images which they posted in a special online gallery. They did a spectacular job considering that they had to register for the site, learn to use IFS 2.0, create the images and then post them. The 34 participants broke all previous records in posting 240 images. Nice job. Go to the 08 CAMPY Gallery below to see their work. Special thanks also to John and Jamie for assisting me in the session. They did a great job and were a tremendous help in making the sessions so successful.

If you want to get in on the fun go to the downloads page to download a free copy of IFS 2.0 and then go to the IFS samples page for some images to get you started.


The winners in the 2008 Spring IFS competition are
1st place "Abstract Random" by tschlosser
2nd place "Shooting Arrows" by elsenbossaml
3rd place "Square World" by gagnebam

The judges had a hard job determining the winners. There were 47 galleries opened and 367 images posted. Some are really neat. Click on the gallery page below to see the galleries. Thank you for making this another successful exhibit.

IFS 3.0 is now available for download and testing. This upgrade of IFS 2.0 can be used to create animations. You will still need a program like GIF Construction Kit (which I use) to convert the .bmp images to .gif images and animate the images. But it is pretty neat. Check out the IFS animations gallery below to see some examples.

The '07 Fall IFS Gallery has been moved to the 2005-2007 IFS Galleries page. The Fall 2007 classes page has been moved to the previous classes page.

FYI--All of the textbooks that will be used in the courses offered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences this semester are listed on the Department's homepage which can be accessed by going to the CCSU homepage. This should help you shop around to find the best price as well as get a head start on a course.

IFS 2.0 is free and available to any person or institution that would like to use it. Any person or institution that downloads a copy is also welcome to make it free and available to any other people or institutions that would like to use it. To download a free copy of IFS 2.0 and get in on the fun yourself go to the downloads page. There is also a gallery of 50 sample images with the transformations below.


 New User Registration - This page allows visitors to create user accounts.
08 CAMPY Gallery - This is the IFS Gallery for the participants in the Spring 2008 CAMPY workshop on May 21, 2008 at CCSU.
08 Spring EHHS IFS Gallery - This is the IFS Gallery for the students in Ms. K;ein's geometry classes at East Hartford High School.
08 Spring IFS Gallery - This is the page for the Spring 2008 Assignment and Competition.
2005, 2006, and 2007 IFS Galleries - This page contains all of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 IFS Galleries from classes at CCSU, students at The Gilbert School, and participants in CAMPY workshops through Spring 2007.
2008 Spring Semester Classes - This is where the class pages for M 119, M 124, and M 421 can be found.
Downloads - Software that you can download and use for your studies. This is where you can download IFS 2.0.
Fractal Explorer Gallery - This is an open gallery for all registered users to post their Fractal Explorer images.
Goshen Fair - The Goshen Fair is a great place to bring a camera. This page has galleries from the 2006 and 2007 fairs.
Ice Carving 2008 - These are pictures from the 2008 Ice Carving contest at the White hart Inn in Salisbury.
Icon Gallery - This page contains some of the pictures that I have used as icons on the welcome page.
IFS Tutorial - At the moment this is just a short pdf file to help you learn to use IFS ver5. which is just like IFS 2.0 that is avaiable on the downloads page. IFS 2.0 is the new and improved version of ver 5.. In the future it will be expanded to an interactive program where you can download ifs files and experiment with the program.
IFS Animation Gallery - It is possible to use IFS 3.0 and a program like GIF Construction Kit from Alchemy Mindworks to create IFS animations. Click this page for more details and a look at some examples.
IFS Gallery of Samples - This collection of files can be clicked to open in the IFS program.
Links - Fun and useful links relating to your course studies
Old Galleries - This page contains IFS and FE galleries created by students at CCSU, The Gilbert School, and participants in CAMPY workshops prior to 2005..
Other - Assorted pages about things like barn doors and throwing pumpkins. pictures of Loretta Lamb, and the Yucca Gallery.
Previous Classes - These are the class pages for my classes from previous semesters.