Virginia Standards of Learning
Secondary
Algebra II
AII.17
Lessons (2)
Introduces the basic ideas needed for understanding functions.
Introduces all of the 2 variable function and prisoner/escapee notions necessary to understand the Mandelbrot set.
Activities (1)
Enter two complex numbers (z and c) as ordered pairs of real numbers, then click a button to iterate step by step. The iterates are graphed in the x-y plane and printed out in table form. This is an introduction to the idea of prisoners/escapees in iterated functions and the calculation of fractal Julia sets.