Mandelbrot set definition

Mandelbrot set

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(1) A set of complex numbers that has a highly convoluted fractal boundary when plotted; the set of all points in the complex plane that are bounded under a certain mathematical iteration

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Mandelbrot set

a set of complex numbers, C, for which the iteration z_n+1 = z_n² + C has a finite limit; a graph of this set having each value of the finite limit in a different colour - the boundary of this graph is a fractal