FERN_OPENGL
The Barnsley Fractal Fern Using OpenGL

FERN_OPENGL is a C++ program which uses the Open GL graphics library to display the Barnsley fractal fern.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

FERN is available in a C version and a C++ version and a MATLAB version.

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Reference:

1. Edward Angel,
   Interactive Computer Graphics, a Top-Down Approach with OpenGL,
   Addison-Wesley, 2000,
   ISBN: 0-201-38597-X,
   LC: T385.A514.
2. Michael Barnsley,
   Fractals Everywhere,
   Academic Press, 1988,
   ISBN: 0120790696,
   LC: QA614.86.B37.
3. Cleve Moler,
   Experiments with MATLAB,
   ebook: http://www.mathworks.com/moler/exm/index.html

Source Code:

• fern_opengl.cpp, the source code;
• fern_opengl.png, a PNG file of the image;

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