Ifractal – chaos creates beauty on the iphone

May 1, 2010

Ifractal is an iPhone app that allows you to explore a mathematical equation.

Not very inspiring unless your a mathematician but hold on as this is no ordinary dry dusty maths equation this one creates art and reveals what are thought to be fundamental principles in nature!

Ifractal allows you to explore the famous Mandelbrot and Julia sets with a few hand gestures.

Mandelbrot and Julia sets are famous mathematical objects where art meets mathematics.

Features of ifractal include:

- Zoom / Scrolling with a few gestures
- More than 100 palettes with palette animation and rotation
- Export of screenshots to photo album
- Accuracy control
- Bookmarks
- Sharing of the fractals by email and on a local Wifi network
- Experimental 3D view
- Fractals can be shared with the world and you can explore the fractals created by the users of the app

The app can be used to create iphone wallpapers like those shown below and playing around with the images is quite meditative.

ifractal is available free from the app store HERE