A Mandelbrot Fractal in Python
I coded up this Mandelbrot fractal in python while watching TV. Not sure if is helpful for anybody but you may want to take a look at it and enjoy the bauty of chaotic dynamical systems. The code is posted here and below too. Here is a fascinating high quality version of it.
# Mandelbrot set
# By Mark Alen
# linux_jvm@yahoo.com
# April 2012
import ImageDraw
from PIL import Image, ImageFilter
from math import log
white = (255, 255, 255)
width = 5000
height = width
image1 = Image.new("RGB", (width, height), white)
draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image1)
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbrot_set
for xpix in range(1,width+1):
for ypix in range(1,height+1):
x0 = (xpix*1.0/width*3.5) -2.5
y0 = (ypix*1.0/height*2)-1
x = 0
y = 0
iteration = 0
max_iteration = 1000
while ( (x*x + y*y) < 4) & (iteration < max_iteration ):
xtemp = x*x - y*y + x0
y = 2*x*y + y0
x = xtemp
iteration = iteration + 1
mycol =int(255.0*(1-log(iteration/1000.0*255+1)/log(256)))
color = (255-mycol,255-mycol,255-mycol)
if iteration == max_iteration:
color = white
draw.point((xpix,ypix), color)
if ((xpix*(100/1)%(width))==0):
print (xpix*ypix*1.0)/((width*height))*100.0, "%"
filename = "mandel.png"
image1.save(filename)
print "Done!"
