diff --git a/topics/julia-sets/index.md b/topics/julia-sets/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4f99f0e668d --- /dev/null +++ b/topics/julia-sets/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +aliases: julia-fractal, julia-set +display_name: Julia Sets +short_description: Julia Sets are mathematical objects generally associated with fractals. +topic: julia-sets +logo: julia-sets.png +wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_set +related: mandelbrot, fractal +--- +Julia Sets are mathematical objects relating to the field of complex dynamics. In general, Julia sets are studied in parallel to Fatou sets, as they are complementary sets defined from a complex function. +To be specific, in a metric space $(X,d)$, a Fatou set of a map $f: X \to X$ is the maximal open subset of $X$ on which the family of iterates $\lbrace f^n \rbrace$ is equicontinuous, and the Julia set is its complement in $X$. + +To approximate images of these sets, a common approach is to iterate the function of interest over some subset of the complex plane, which often yield beautiful fractals. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/topics/julia-sets/julia-sets.png b/topics/julia-sets/julia-sets.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..aad6775fb01 Binary files /dev/null and b/topics/julia-sets/julia-sets.png differ