Fractal

Simple fractal generator built with C and SDL2 library.

Results

Mandelbrot

Iterative formula of the Mandelbrot set $$z_{n+1} = z_n^2 + c$$

Generation with 10 000 iterations

Tech Stack

Language

C

Libraries

SDL2

Graphics API

OpenGL

Build System/Tools

• CMake
• GCC compiler
• VsCode IDE

Operating Systems

• Linux
• Windows

Project structure

.
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── include
│   └── Functions.h
├── README.md
├── results
│   └── Fractale_generation.png
└── src
    ├── Functions.c
    └── main.c

How to use ?

The CMakeLists file already includes a fetching functionnality in case SDL2 isn't already installed in your computer. You can directly use the following commands after cloning the project :

cmake -B build          # generates build files
cmake --build build     # compile

Before running, you may need to pay attention to the number of iterations defined in the include/Functions.h directory. The default number of iterations has been set to 2000 but you can set it to whichever value you want (200 iterations is a good starting point). You can also change the default monitor to display the generation on by changing the defined value of MONITOR_INDEX in the Functions.h file. After fixing the number of iterations, you can run the generation using this command :

./build/Fractale        # run

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Dependencies

SDL2 >= 2.30.0     # Used as graphic library
lim                # For complex math functions (csqrt, etc)