Mandelbrot Explorer App

A real-time, multi-threaded Mandelbrot set explorer written in Java.

Tools

  • Java

Focus

  • Multi-threaded rendering
  • Object-oriented design

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Generated in real time, this multi-threaded Java program lets you explore the Mandelbrot set. You can zoom in by dragging over a portion of the display and change the maximum number of iterations with the 'X' and 'C' keys, as demonstrated in the video.

The math

Mandelbrot equation implemented in code
Implementation in code

The algorithm for the Mandelbrot set is
Zn+1 = Zn2 + C

Object-oriented design

Class structure of the program
Classes involved

By leaning on object-oriented programming, the Mandelbrot equation above becomes very simple to implement.

For example, this is my complex numbers class, which handles anything I would ever need to do with complex numbers.

Complex number class
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