# S3 method for matrix
mandelbrot(Z, maxIter = 200L, tau = 2, ...)
# S3 method for numeric
mandelbrot(
xmid = -0.75,
ymid = 0,
side = 3,
resolution = 400L,
maxIter = 200L,
tau = 2,
...
)
Value
Returns an integer matrix (of class Mandelbrot) with
non-negative counts (\(C\)).
Arguments
Z
A complex matrix (\(Z\)) for which convergence
counts (\(C\)) should be calculated.
maxIter
Maximum number of iterations (\(c^{max}\)) per bin.
tau
A threshold (\(\tau\)); the radius when calling
divergence (\(|z_{i}| > \tau\)).
xmid, ymid, side, resolution
Alternative specification of
the complex plane Z, where
mean(Re(Z)) == xmid,
mean(Im(Z)) == ymid,
diff(range(Re(Z))) == side,
diff(range(Im(Z))) == side, and
dim(Z) == c(resolution, resolution).
Escape time algorithm
The convergence counts are calculated using the standard escape-time
algorithm for the Mandelbrot set: for each complex number \(c\), the
sequence \(z_{i+1} \leftarrow z_{i}^2 + c\) (starting at \(z_{0} = c\))
is iterated until either its modulus (\(|z_{i}|\)) exceeds the escape
radius \(\tau\) (tau) or the maximum number of iterations (\(c^{max}\))
has been reached. The count (\(c_{i}\)) recorded is the iteration at which
the sequence escaped, or \(c^{max}\) for points that never escaped.