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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will explore Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set. In the process they will learn about fractals and explore complex numbers and function iteration.
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Julia Sets, Complex Deterministic Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an example of "What a 2 Dimensional Julia Set will look like using modern computers with their sophisticated graphical displays." Gaston Julia published his theories long before computers and as the site's author remarks, "What a...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: The Mandelbrot Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore fractals by investigating the relationships between the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Two Variable Function Pump

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter two complex numbers (z and c) as ordered pairs of real numbers, then click a button to iterate step by step. The iterates are graphed in the x-y plane and printed out in table form.