Mandelbrot Set
Benoît Mandelbrot; earlier work by Robert Brooks and Peter Matelski
A simple iteration creates a boundary with extraordinary detail.
Fractals & infinity / 1891
Hilbert Curve
A line turns through a square with increasingly fine resolution.
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Follow the path through one quadrant, then compare its orientation with the neighboring quadrants.
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What is Hilbert Curve?
A line turns through a square with increasingly fine resolution.
What should I look for in Hilbert Curve?
Follow the path through one quadrant, then compare its orientation with the neighboring quadrants.
What explains Hilbert Curve?
Replace a basic path with smaller rotated copies, preserving its connections. Each stage visits a finer grid; a displayed image is only one finite stage.
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Julia Set
Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou
Repeated complex mappings produce intricate connected shapes or dust-like sets.
