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This article is from the Fractal FAQ, by Ermel Stepp stepp@muvms6.mu.wvnet.edu with numerous contributions by others.

6a: What is the Mandelbrot set?

The Mandelbrot set is the set of all complex c such that iterating
z -> z^2+c does not go to infinity (starting with z=0).

An image of the Mandelbrot set is available on the WWW at
gopher://life.anu.edu.au:70/I9/.WWW/complex_systems/mandel1.gif .

Other images and resources are:

Frank Rousell's two hyperindex of clickable/retrievable Mandelbrot images:
ftp://ftp.cnam.fr/pub/Fractals/mandel/Index.gif Mandelbrot Images
(Frank Rousell)
ftp://ftp.cnam.fr/pub/Fractals/mandel/Index2.gif Mandebrot Images #2
(Frank Rousell)

http://www.wpl.erl.gov/misc/mandel.html Interactive Mandelbrot
(Neal Kettler)

http://www.ntua.gr/mandel/mandel.html Mandelbrot Explorer (interactive)
(Panagiotis J. Christias)

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/Fractal/Fractal_Home.html
Fractal Microscope

http://hermes.cybernetics.net/distfract.html Distributed Fractal Generator
for SunOS Sparcstations (James Robinson)

 

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