Go Concurrency Pattern: The Mandelbrot Set
← Sieve of Eratosthenes | Series Overview | Collatz Explorer → The Problem: Rendering Fractals in Parallel The Mandelbrot set is defined by a simple iterative formula: Start with z = 0 Repeatedly compute z = z² + c If |z| exceeds 2, the point escapes (not in the set) Color each pixel by iteration count The beauty: Each pixel is completely independent. Perfect for parallelism! The challenge: Some pixels escape in 5 iterations, others take 1000+. This creates load imbalance—some workers finish instantly while others grind away. ...