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OCR: Theory of Operation Much has been written on the subject of fractal landscapes. My math, hawvever never been particularly strong and given my game designing background I'm always looking for ways to "cheat" in order to optimize During the process of writing the code often ran into places where seemed prudent to compromise purity for the sake of speed or space consid lerations In order to more fully explain my approach to these probl lems little background necessary As Freeman Dyson put it Fractalis a word invented by Mandelbrot to bring together under one heading large class of objects that have [played] an historic role ir the devel lopment of pure ma thematiln. .Kis bookT The Fractal Nature or GeometryMand elbrot himself points out fractal geometry reveals that some JO the most austerely ...