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It is a relatively recent innovation that complex-number computations can be done in the evalhf environment. When combined with plots:-densityplot, this makes escape-time fractals in the complex domain very easy to plot. This fractal is based on the Collatz problem. This Wikipedia article has a high-resolution picture of this fractal. I've switched the real and imaginary axes and reversed the direction of the real axis purely for asthetic reasons.

 

Collatz:= proc(b,a)  #Axes switched
local z:= -a+b*I, k;  #real part negated
     for k to 31 while abs(Im(z)) < 1 do
          z:= (1+4*z-(1+2*z)*cos(Pi*z))/4
     end do;
     k #escape time
end proc:

#Test evalhf'ability:

evalhf(Collatz(0,1));

32.

plotsetup(
     jpeg, plotoutput= "C:/Users/Carl/desktop/Collatz.jpg",
     plotoptions="height= 1024, width= 1024, quality= 95"
);

 

CodeTools:-Usage(
     plots:-densityplot(
          Collatz,
          -1..1, # imaginary range
          -0.5..4.5, #negative of real range
          colorstyle= HUE, grid= [1024, 1024], style= patchnogrid,
          labels= [Im,-Re], labelfont= [TIMES, BOLD, 14],
          axes= boxed,
          caption= cat("      Happy New Year ",                  

                StringTools:-FormatTime("%Y")),
          captionfont= [HELVETICA, BOLDOBLIQUE, 18]
     )
);

memory used=24.08MiB, alloc change=24.00MiB, cpu time=7.78s, real time=7.79s

 

Download Collatz_fractal.mw
evalhf fractal densityplot

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