Mandelbrot Sets
(a) Consider the expression , where is some complex number (called the seed) and . Compute , , , and for the following seeds: , , , , , and .
(b) The dark portion of the graph represents the set of all values that are in the Mandelbrot set.
Determine which
(c) Compute for each of the complex numbers in part
(a). Now compute for each of the complex numbers in part (a).
For which complex numbers is and ? Conclude that the criterion for a complex number to be in the Mandelbrot set is that and .
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