Re: mandelbrot in version 7 & Ruskeepaa version 3
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- Subject: [mg120445] Re: mandelbrot in version 7 & Ruskeepaa version 3
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm at KevinMcCann.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:47:34 -0400 (EDT)
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Two things. The error is due to your argument x+Iy in the call to
mandelbrot. You need a space between the I and the y, i.e. x+I y.
Second, you have a semicolon at the end of the DensityPlot call; this
prevents the plot from being shown.
Kevin
On 7/21/2011 9:15 PM, DaleJenk wrote:
> I bought Mathematica 7 Home Edition last year. I'm trying to plot the
> Mandelbrot Set following the instructions in Ruskeepaa's Mathematica
> Navigator version 3. I'm getting an error message.
>
> Here's what I am introducing:
>
> mandelbrot = Compile[{{c,_Complex}},
> Module[{z=0+0I, n=0}, While[Abs[z]<2&& n<50, z=z^2+c; n++]; n]];
>
> DensityPlot[mandelbrot[x+Iy], {x,-2,1},{y,-1.5,1.5}, PlotPoints->200,
> Mesh->False, FrameTicks->{{-2,-1,0,1},{-1,0,1}}]; //Timing
>
> I get the message:
>
> CompiledFunction::cfsa:
> Argument -1.99998 + Iy at position 1 should be a machine-size complex
> number.
>
> Where am I going wrong?
>
> Thanks.
>
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