create a fractal in matlab in matlab

To create a fractal in MATLAB, you can use the "imshow" function to plot the fractal pattern. Here is a simple example of generating a Mandelbrot fractal:

main.m
% Define the size of the image
width = 800;
height = 800;

% Define the region of interest in the complex plane
xlim = [-2.5, 1];
ylim = [-1.5, 1.5];

% Generate the grid of complex numbers spanning the region of interest
[X, Y] = meshgrid(linspace(xlim(1), xlim(2), width), linspace(ylim(1), ylim(2), height));
C = X + 1i * Y;

% Create an empty matrix to store the fractal pattern
fractal = zeros(size(C));

% Set the maximum number of iterations for each complex number
maxIterations = 100;

% Perform the iteration for each complex number
Z = zeros(size(C));

for n = 1:maxIterations
    Z = Z.^2 + C;
    mask = abs(Z) < 100;
    fractal(mask) = n;
end

% Plot the fractal pattern
imshow(fractal, 'Colormap', jet(maxIterations));
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This code generates a Mandelbrot fractal by iteratively calculating the complex numbers and assigning colors based on the number of iterations performed. You can adjust the xlim, ylim, and maxIterations variables to customize the appearance of the fractal.

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