MandelIterate {Julia}

MandelIterate

Description

'MandelIterate' returns the number of iteration until a complex value diverges for the Mandelbrot map for a give complex number.

Usage

MandelIterate(z_0)

Arguments

z_0

A complex coordinate (constant coefficient value for the map)

Details

Iterate function.

Value

Returns an integer

Note

Iterate function

Author(s)

Mehmet Suzen <[e-mail]>

References

The Fractal Geometry of Nature, Benoit B. Mandelbrot, W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (18 Nov 1982)

See Also

JuliaIterate and MandelIterate

Examples

  z_0 <- 0-0.5i
  it  <- MandelIterate(z_0)