In Defense of Brent's Cycle Detection Algorithm

It turns out I screwed up my earlier implementation…

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The Buddhabrot Part 5: The Big Reveal

Finally, the 68.7 gigapixel Buddhabrot is unveiled! I also have some thoughts on where to go from here…

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The Buddhabrot Part 4: Code Optimizations

Now that we’ve cut down on the work we have to do, let’s optimize what’s left as much as possible…

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The Buddhabrot Part 3: Algorithmic Optimizations

Creating the Buddhabrot takes a lot of work. Let’s reduce it as much as possible…

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The Buddhabrot Part 2: What is the Buddhabrot?

Let’s find out what exactly the Buddhabrot is…

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The Buddhabrot Part 1: What is the Mandelbrot set?

I recently gave a talk about rendering a 68.7 gigapixel version of the Buddhabrot. Let’s explore what that means…

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