I have always been fascinated by the Mandelbrot fractal for both its beauty and its hidden mysteries. How can such a simple algorithm — such a simple equation — create an intriguing pattern of such elegance?
The Mandelbrot fractal As with any fractal, you can zoom in and find it repeating itself indefinitely in intricate patterns, which is hard to find a logical explanation of, at least for a non-mathematician like myself.
The equation that is the base of this is as simple as they get:
The...
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