Psyhcedelic Mandelbrot Set
Description| How it worksThis app uses the enhanced conditional formatting features of Excel 2007 and later to produce psychedelic images of the Mandelbrot set. Also, this app illistrates some neat tricks to speed up macro execution. Note that this app will not work Excel 2003 or earlier versions.
Download
.xlsm file (168 KB) or .zip file (41 KB)How to use
Key in the x and y co-ordinates of the center of the image and the span of the image in the cells D5 through D7. Then click the "Generate Image" button to get the image of the fractal.
Contribution from users
Ms. Krisztina Szabó from Hungary has suggested a modification to the
code. Her method uses a 256 by 256 array to hold the calculations.
The array is written to the cells in one operation, unlike the
original version which had more frequent writes. The net result is
an order of magnitude increase in speed. Her version can be
downloaded here (.xlsm file, 170 KB). (Note - if the file is
downloaded as .zip, simply rename it to .xlsm)
Thanks for the brillaint suggestion, Ms Kris! (Click
here to see her
team's work and postings.)
Sample images
A couple of sample images are shown below. The center of the first is at (0,0) with a span of 4, the center of the second at (-1.625,0) and it's span is 0.05.
Also See:
Mandelbrot Fractal GeneratorSimulation of Pendulum Waves
FIR Filter Analysis
Simulation of Diffusion in 1 Dimension
Animation without Charts