Etymology

Julia set

Today it means: In complex dynamics, a set consisting of values generated by a mathematical function such that an arbitrarily small perturbation can cause drastic changes in the sequence of iterated function values. Full definition →

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Devised by the French mathematician Gaston Julia.

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