Definition:Mandelbrot Set/Definition 2
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Definition
The Mandelbrot set $M$ is the subset of the complex plane defined as follows:
Let $c \in \C$ be a complex number.
Let $T_c: \C \to \C$ be the complex function defined as:
- $\forall z \in \C: \map {T_c} z = z^2 + c$
Then $M$ is the set of points $c$ for which the Julia set of $T_c$ is connected.
Also see
- Results about the Mandelbrot set can be found here.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Benoît B. Mandelbrot.
Sources
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mandelbrot set