I have always been fascinated by the beauty hidden within mathematics, especially the way simple rules can generate incredibly complex patterns. The Mandelbrot set captured my curiosity because it ...

The Mandelbrot set is a fractal, meaning that its boundary is so complex that it cannot be wellapproximated by one-dimensional line segments, regardless of how closely one zooms in on it. In fact, the ...

The Mandelbrot set is — when visualized with some colors — an interesting shape with infinite detail. While the patterns are immediately obvious to the human eye, anyone who’s run one can tell you ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Ah, the Mandelbrot set. This famous fractal ...