The Mandelbrot set is based on iterations of the following complex polynomial:
z and c are complex numbers. Starting with the value z = 0 + 0i, we apply the iteration repeatedly until a maximum number of iterations is reached or the value of z exceeds a specified maximum. For a given value of c, if the iteration remains stable (z doesn't increase above the maximum) the point is inside the Mandelbrot set and we color the position corresponding to c black. Otherwise, we color the point based on the number of iterations it took for the value to exceed the maximum.
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