Abstract
Consider orbits (z,) of the fractal iterator f(z):= z2 + , that start at initial points z K(m) where is the set of all rational complex numbers (their real and imaginary parts are rational) and K(m) consists of all such z whose complexity does not exceed some complexity parameter value m (the complexity of z is defined as the number of bits that suffice to describe the real and imaginary parts of z in lowest form). The set K(m) is a bounded-complexity approximation of the filled Julia set K. We present a new perspective on fractals based on an analogy with Chaitin's algorithmic information theory, where a rational complex number z is the analog of a program p, an iterator f is analogous to a universal Turing machine U which executes program p, and an unbounded orbit (z,) is analogous to an execution of a program p on U that halts. We define a real number ϒ which resembles Chaitin's ω number, where, instead of being based on all programs p whose execution on U halts, it is based on all rational complex numbers z whose orbits under f are unbounded. Hence, similar to Chaitin's ω number, ϒ acts as a theoretical limit or a "fractal oracle number"that provides an arbitrarily accurate complexity-based approximation of the filled Julia set K. We present a procedure that, when given m and , it uses ϒ to generate K(m). Several numerical examples of sets that estimate K(m) are presented.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2450029 |
Journal | Fractals |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Chaitin's ω
- Complex Dynamics
- Computation Theory
- Fractal Sets
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Modelling and Simulation
- Geometry and Topology
- Applied Mathematics