San Marco dragon
SanMarcoDragon
2007-06-14 19:49:24
2007-06-15 18:11:59
Example
quadratic Julia set
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The {\em San Marco dragon} is a \PMlinkname{Julia set}{SetDeJulia} produced by $$c = -\frac{3}{4} + 0i.$$
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Like other \PMlinkescapetext{Julia sets} on the horizontal center line of the Mandelbrot set, the San Marco dragon is symmetrical around its horizontal axis, but this particular set reminded Beno\^it Mandelbrot of St. Mark's cathedral in Venice (and its reflection in the canal) more than the others.
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\bibitem{hl} H. Lauwerier, translated by Sophia Gill-Hoffst\"adt. {\it Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometric Figures} Princeton: Princeton University Press (1991): 144
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