Skip to main content

Subsection 3.7.1 Quadratics with super-attractive orbits

We've already seen that \(f_0(z)=z^2\) has a super-attractive fixed point at the origin and that the points \(z_0=0\) and \(z_1=-1\) form a super-attractive orbit of period 2 for \(f_{-1}(z)=z^2-1\text{.}\) We also know, from our work with real iteration, that there is a \(c\) value around \(-1.75\) so that \(f_c\) has a super-attractive orbit of period 3. It turns out that there are two more complex super-attractive period 3 parameters. We can find them with the following Sage code:

Listing 3.7.1 Sage code to find the complex super-attractive period three parameters.
Checkpoint 3.7.2

Locate the points from output of the previous code in the Mandelbrot set and sketch the corresponding Julia sets.

Checkpoint 3.7.3

Find the complex \(c\)values such that \(f_c\) has a super-attractive orbit of period 4 or 5. Locate these points in the Mandelbrot set and sketch the corresponding Julia sets.