MANDELBROT_PPM
Binary PPM Image of the Mandelbrot Set

MANDELBROT_PPM is a C++ program which creates a binary PPM image of the Mandelbrot set, by Eric Weeks.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

MANDELBROT_PPM is available in a C version and a C++ version.

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Reference:

1. Alexander Dewdney,
   A computer microscope zooms in for a close look at the most complicated object in mathematics,
   Scientific American,
   Volume 257, Number 8, August 1985, pages 16-24.
2. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Juergens, Dietmar Saupe,
   Chaos and Fractals - New Frontiers in Science,
   Springer, 1992,
   ISBN: 0-387-20229-3,
   LC: Q172.5.C45.P45.

Source Code:

• mandelbrot_ppm.cpp, the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• mandelbrot.ppm the (binary) PPM image.
• mandelbrot.png, a PNG version of the image.

List of Routines:

• MANDELBROT_PPM creates an ASCII PPM image of the Mandelbrot set.
• COLOR writes the R, G and B colors for one pixel.

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