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Hi,

I have just released version 1.7 of the Fractal Science Kit fractal generator.

Several new Orbital Equations have been added:

  - Koch Snowflake (Variations)
  - Symmetric Attractors
  - Symmetric Attractors (Search)
  - Frieze Group
  - Frieze Group (Search)
  - Wallpaper Group - Square Lattice
  - Wallpaper Group - Square Lattice (Search)
  - Hyperbolic Attractors

See the end of the Orbital Fractal Gallery for a few example images produced with these programs:
  - http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/gallery/orbital.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/gallery/orbital.htm)

Many of these programs are based on work done at Lafayette College lead by Dr. Clifford A. Reiter. Dr. Reiter and his students have written a series of papers related to Chaotic attractors and symmetry.

See Dr. Reiter's web page for details at:
  - http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~reiterc/ (http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~reiterc/)

Other notable changes in this release:

  - Improved the Orbital fractal adaptive smoothing algorithm.
  - Improved the performance of the algorithm used to find strange attractors.

For the complete list of changes see the release notes at:
  - http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/support/release.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/support/release.htm)

Finally, I have written a Fractal Programming Tutorial that introduces you to the key concepts involved in writing your own fractal programs for the Fractal Science Kit fractal generator.

Check out the Fractal Programming Tutorial at:
  - http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/tutorial/program/program.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/tutorial/program/program.htm)


Key Links:

  Main page: http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/index.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/index.htm)
  Fractal Gallery: http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/gallery/gallery.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/gallery/gallery.htm)
  Fractal Tutorials: http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/tutorial/intro.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/tutorial/intro.htm)
  Fractal Examples: http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/tutorial/examples/examples.htm (http://www.fractalsciencekit.com/tutorial/examples/examples.htm)


Enjoy,

Ross Hilbert
hilbert@fractalsciencekit.com