23rd Feb 2012
 
Fractals.
The Mandlebrot set. What is it? z->z+c

More precisely, it is a colour map of an iterated quadratic polynomial on the complex plane.

The program was written as an exercise in the 'C' programming language. 'C' has no graphics capability so the program uses the X window system as its canvas. The fully commented source code can be found here. A gallery of images can be found here.

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