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        Distorted Newton's Method Fractal IV
        on 29 Oct 2024
        
        
 
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drawframe(1);
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function drawframe(f)
% Create a fractal using a distorted version
% of Newton's method
persistent p rng iter g CM z0 dp hax
% Initialize
if f == 1
   clf
   p=conv([1 0 0 0 1],[1,0,-16]);
   dp = polyder(p);
   rng = 6*[-1 -1 1 1];
   iter=10;
   %  g(f/96) will trace out a semicircle in the complex plane
   g=@(x)(exp((x-1/2)*1i*pi)/2);
   CM = 'hsv';
   set(gcf, 'Color', 'w')
   hax = gca;
   % position axes Not needed here
   % hax.Units = 'normalized';
   % hax.Position=[0,0,1,1];
   % hax.Units = 'pixels';
   % SZ = hax.Position;
   % DZ = floor(SZ(4));
     DZ=500;
   % square array of complex numbers
   [x,y] = meshgrid(linspace(rng(1),rng(3),DZ),linspace(rng(2),rng(4),DZ));
   z0 = x + 1i*y;
   %HF = gcf;
end
z = z0;
r = 1+g(f/96);  % Ordinary Newton's method uses r = 1
for j = 1:iter
   dz = polyval(p,z)./polyval(dp,z);
   dz(isnan(dz))=0;
   dz(isinf(dz))=0;
   z=z-r*dz;
end
imagesc(angle(z))
axis equal square
axis off
hax.YLim = [-100 510];hax.XLim = [-100 510];
colormap(CM)
end
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