Talk:Newton fractal

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LIKE OMG FRACTALS ARE SO PRETTY!

Please do not spam the discussion page like this, despite its being empty. Doomed Rasher 23:44, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


Why is it called the Newton Fractal? Did Newton create this method of finding fractals? Qwepoi 07:17, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

No, but because it is the fractal of the Newton-Raphson method, which was given in its now common form by Simpson. So if you like to, call it the Simpson fractal.--LutzL 08:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History?

I have seen a claim (by himself) that John H. Hubbard was the first to investigate the chaotic behavior of Newton's Method. Anyone have info on the history? Also, it's not clear to me why the function is specified to be a polynomial in the body of the article, instead of a more general function. -- Spireguy (talk) 02:52, 21 April 2008 (UTC)