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z0 = c =
z1 =
z2 =
If it is small, color it red, since after many times through the feedback loop
it will probably still be small (it stays in the same area of the graph, close
to zero). If it is big, color it green, since it goes far away from its original
location: every time through the loop it will get bigger and bigger.
II. Try the following points: compute z1 and z2, showing your FOIL
work! Then color the point red or green, depending if it stays small or
goes off large toward infinity. If the number is medium, leave it
uncolored (in pencil): we might be able to color it in later.
1) c = 5 + 3i 3) c = 1 + 1i
2) c = 2 + 4i 4) c = -0.5 +0.5i
III. Open the Mandelbrot Excel spreadsheet from Blackboard
(www.bcpss.org). Please don’t change anything in columns A through
D; C and D especially are essential for calculating the operation
zn = zn-12 + c.
Does z2 = z(2) agree with what you found above? If it doesn’t get a
classmate or Mr. Yates to check over your work!
Notice that, even though you probably called this point “medium”, the
numbers do get large pretty soon, with z4 = -9407 – 193i, and z6 getting
into scientific notation (7.811 x 1015), and z11 exceeding the computer’s
number size limit!
IV. Try each of the following seeds as your c value, using the method
described above to alter the entire E and F columns. Then plot these
points and color them in appropriately.
V. What do you notice about your red points and green points? Find an
online picture of the Mandelbrot Set, print it out to attach to this page
and your graph paper. Explain in about five sentences what the
Mandelbrot Set is and how it relates to what we just did.