San Marco dragon

The San Marco dragon is a Julia set (http://planetmath.org/SetDeJulia) produced by

c=-\frac{3}{4}+0i.

Like other on the horizontal center line of the Mandelbrot set, the San Marco dragon is symmetrical around its horizontal axis, but this particular set reminded Benoît Mandelbrot of St. Mark’s cathedral in Venice (and its reflection in the canal) more than the others.

References

1 H. Lauwerier, translated by Sophia Gill-Hoffstädt. Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometric Figures Princeton: Princeton University Press (1991): 144

Title	San Marco dragon
Canonical name	SanMarcoDragon
Date of creation	2013-03-22 17:15:54
Last modified on	2013-03-22 17:15:54
Owner	PrimeFan (13766)
Last modified by	PrimeFan (13766)
Numerical id	5
Author	PrimeFan (13766)
Entry type	Example
Classification	msc 28A80