Mandelbrot Set Generator

This project contains a multithreaded program for generating and visualizing the Mandelbrot set, written in C.

File Structure

• mandelbrot.c: This is the main source file for the Mandelbrot set generator.
• mandeloutput.bmp: This is the output file for viewing the Mandelbrot.

Building

To build the project, run the following command:

gcc -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -o mandelbrot mandelbrot.c

Running The Program

To run the program use the following syntax:

./mandelbrot [image_dimensions] [engines] [complex_x] [complex_y] [mandelbrot_dimension]

Definitions

• image_dimensions: The height and width of the image in pixels.
• engines: The number of engine threads used to process the Mandelbrot set.
• complex_x & complex_y: The floating point values for the coordinates of the top left of the image.
• mandelbrot_dimension: The height and width of the image in the complex plane.

Samples

Some samples would be:

• The overview:

./mandelbrot 500 10 -2.7 -2.0 4.0

• Zoomed in:

./mandelbrot 500 10 -0.749602903 -0.132456468 0.010477299