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MANDELBROT_PPM
Binary PPM Image of the Mandelbrot Set {#mandelbrot_ppm-binary-ppm-image-of-the-mandelbrot-set align="center"}

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

Licensing: {#licensing align="center"}

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

Languages: {#languages align="center"}

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

Related Data and Programs: {#related-data-and-programs align="center"}

FOREST_FIRE_SIMULATION, a C program which simulates the occurrence of fires and regrowth in a forest, displaying the results using X Windows, by Michael Creutz.

MANDELBROT, a C++ program which generates an ASCII PPM image of the Mandelbrot fractal set;

MANDELBROT_ASCII, a C program which generates an ASCII TEXT image of the Mandelbrot fractal set using just two lines of C.

MANDELBROT_OPENMP, a C++ program which generates an ASCII Portable Pixel Map (PPM) image of the Mandelbrot fractal set, using OpenMP for parallel execution.

PPMB_IO, a C++ library which handles the Portable Pixel Map (binary) format.

RANMAP, a FORTRAN90 program which creates a PostScript file of images of iterated affine mappings;

XISING, a C program which simulates the variation in ferromagnetism in a material, displaying the results using X Windows.

XWAVES, a C program which simulates the behavior of solution of certain forms of the wave equation, displaying the results using X Windows.

Reference: {#reference align="center"}

  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: {#source-code align="center"}

Examples and Tests: {#examples-and-tests align="center"}

List of Routines: {#list-of-routines align="center"}

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

You can go up one level to the C++ source codes.

Last revised on 26 December 2011.