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Iterate

to generate the Burning Ship fractal. Black points correspond to values of

for which the iterates of 0 remain bounded. Other points are colored based on how long the iterates of 0 stay bounded with that value of

Michael Michelitsch and Otto E. Rössler created and described this fractal in 1992.

Reference

[1] Wikipedia. "Burning Ship Fractal." (Sep 28, 2011) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Ship_fractal.

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Burning Ship Fractal