[HN Gopher] Vintage-Style Map of the Mandelbrot Set ___________________________________________________________________ Vintage-Style Map of the Mandelbrot Set Author : CharlesW Score : 71 points Date : 2022-12-15 20:06 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (kottke.org) (TXT) w3m dump (kottke.org) | amenghra wrote: | _" an unauthorized seller on Amazon was selling poor-quality | counterfeits of the map and even though it wasn't his fault, | Tavis offered to replace any of the crappy maps for free."_ what | a nice gesture! | ataylor284_ wrote: | Very cool! I just finished a for-fun mandelbrot drawing program; | I was familiar with the image, but I had never delved into the | math. It's an extremely simple algorithm, which makes it that | much more surprising it creates so much complexity. | ericschn wrote: | The wide poster that the author was originally searching for | seems to have been featured here: | https://hellosubscription.com/2019/01/the-curiosity-box-by-v... | | I do like the style of that version more if it wasn't for the | enormous typo in the middle of the map on Main 'Cardiod'. | homarp wrote: | and Bill Tavis said | https://twitter.com/tayviss/status/1072945795756945408 | sp332 wrote: | "Look! @tweetsauce imitated my #Mandelmap poster! I am more | flattered than annoyed but seriously folks - accept no | substitute for the real thing and get your poster at | http://mandelmap.com" | | On top of which, the Vsauce version has a typo in giant | letters: "Main Cardiod" | hersko wrote: | These look so cool! | monocasa wrote: | Fun fact, all real islands are islands of infinite coastline due | to the fractal nature of natural coastlines. | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox | npc12345 wrote: ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-15 23:00 UTC)