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Astonishing advances in computer power with versatile graphics software and peripheral equipment have thrust FRACTALS before a wide audience. On the surface Fractal images are invariably beautiful and fascinating. They are also infinitely complex; perhaps the most complex objects imaginable.  

    Throughout this web site and generally in the publicity of Roland Plastics Ltd., the thematic collection of fractal images is created using commercially available software. Each image is unique and derived from  random exploration of basic Fractal sets. We cannot talk about these without  attaching the name of Professor Benoit B. Mandelbrot.. The " Father of Fractals". Here is the formula for the famous "Mandelbrot Set" ; Z(n+1)=Z(n)*Z(n)+C  from this deceptively simple formula we enter the domain of the amazing graphic images seen here.

If you are inspired to experiment on your computer you can download a program like Fractal eXtreme from http://www.cygnus-software.com  This program even allows you to create fractal "movies". Kais Power Tools5 has an ExPlore facility

Benoit Mandelbrot developed a new geometry of fractal shapes. He did so in order to describe the complexity of shapes in nature. The mathematics dealing with classic geometric forms has long been understood.. But the complexity found in forms like coast lines, clouds and moving water remained a challenge until recent times. Mandelbrot coined the name Fractal from the Latin adjective fractus with its meaning of "irregular fragments".  The new geometry sought to measure irregularity in nature.   Look out for three and even four dimensional fractals to set your mind on fire!