Atlas of the Mandelbrot set M. Romera Instituto de Física Aplicada When an atlas is used, a length unit to measure objets sizes and distances between points is needed. The width of the main cardioid of the Mandelbrot set, i.e. the distance between the cusp of the main cardioid and the point where the period-2 disk is tangent to the main cardioid, is equal to unity. I name this distance as 1 M, where M is the length unit "Mandelbrot". Thus, the period-2 disk centered in the point (-1, 0) has a diameter of 0.5 M. The Atlas of the Mandelbrot set has 13 x 4 = 52 pages. Every one of these pages,
when it is printed, has a size of A4 (210 x 297 mm) or Letter (8.5" x 11") and
covers a surface of If you want to obtain a hard copy of the Atlas, it can be useful to test the printing
process. For this, you can use Test.gif. This image is 2272 pixels
width and 3104 pixels height, and it must to be printed with a resolution of 300 pixels
per inch (if the printer resolution in your drawing editor is 600 pixels per inch you must
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