Hi everyone! Can you believe that we’ve nearly made it to the end of the semester? On Wednesday, May 12, I will be giving the final seminar presentation of the semester. I’m sorry that you all have to listen to me give another presentation this semester, but at least this one is shorter! Since this is the last seminar, I will try to keep it upbeat and interesting. The theme of my talk will be “Fun with Fractals”. When people hear the word fractal, they often think of snowflakes. With the cold weather we’ve been having in Western New York, I’m pretty sure snowflakes are the last thing anyone wants to think about right now! As I’m sure you all realize, the mathematical concept of fractals is so much more than snowflakes. Nature is perfectly imperfect. You don’t find too many perfect shapes and lines in nature. Fractals provide us with a way of more accurately representing the patterns and shapes of the natural world around us. Not only that, but both fractals and fractal analysis are used across a very wide variety of fields. After providing some basic information about fractals, fractal properties, and dimensions, I will explore numerous real-world examples of the many fascinating uses of fractals. I hope to see you all there!
Hi Chelsea! Great job on the presentation. I can imagine it’s hard to do two in one semester, especially when they’re on such different topics. However, the information was very fun and well delivered. I wonder if there is an application of fractals and the satisfying appearance of fractal artwork in psychology? It may be interesting to check out. Good luck post-graduation!
Hey Chelsea! Great job on the presentation. When I saw the title, “Fun with Fractals” I thought you would be talking about snowflakes, but I was wrong. I never thought that fractals can provide us with a way of more accurately representing the patterns and shapes of the natural world around us. It was an interesting topic. You did a good job of describing what fractals were? The presentation was well written, organized, and well deliver. Thank you for your presentation, and good luck after graduation.
I thought you did an amazing job on both of your presentation. You are very good at explaining complex topics. I really liked how you also included in your presentation how the applications of fractals, especially the snowflake one. Giving real world examples make me think about the topic on a deeper level because I try to find other applications of it that I might have seen before.
Hey Chelsea. Great job here. Fractals are ALWAYS awesome and there’s so much to know. I very much liked the section where you showed iterations of the snowflake fractal as it is created. Also, pictures are always awesome when it comes to this stuff. (I noticed you had over 100 slides!!!) You put a lot of work into this, I’m sure. One last thing, check out “fractal broccoli” on google!!!!!!!!