L-System Fractal Overview
An L-System or Lindenmayer System is a set of rules that recursively define the movements of a virtual pen to produce a fractal. Lindenmayer System fractals were developed in 1968 by Aristid Lindenmayer.
L-System Fractals
The
Fractal Science Kit can process L-System programs that conform to the syntax used
by the
Fractint program.
See the L-System Language section for
details. An
L-System fractal can be viewed as a stand-alone fractal or used to define
an L-System based Orbit Trap.
Built-in L-System Programs
The
Fractal Science Kit fractal generator has 28 built-in L-System programs including
KochSnowflake,
KochIsland, Hilbert,
SierpinskiTriangle,
SierpinskiSquare,
SierpinskiCarpet, Dragon, PeanoSZ,
Cesaro, DoubleCesaro,
FlowSnake, Quartet,
RhombusTile, HexGasket, and more. In
addition, hundreds of these programs can be found on the Internet. See the links
at the bottom of the L-System Language
section for details.