The
Mandelbrot set is a
fractal that is defined as the
set of points in the
complex number plane for which
with
z0 = 0 does not tend to infinity. The Mandelbrot set was first defined by
Pierre Fatou in 1905, and first plotted on computer by
Benoît Mandelbrot. The color reflects the number of iterations it takes to reach a certain distance from the origin.
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