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- From: wdh@linus.mitre.org (Dale Hall)
- Subject: Boundary of Mandelbrot set
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.183137.20105@linus.mitre.org>
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- Summary: characterization of S^1
- Keywords: circle, characterization, separation properties
- Sender: Dale Hall
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- Organization: Research Computer Facility, MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:31:37 GMT
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- Some time back, someone (whose name and article I've forgotten)
- inquired as to whether, since the Mandelbrot set is connected, its
- boundary couldn't be shown to be a simple (but nasty) closed curve in
- the complex line C. A response was given in the group, pointing to
- current research along that line (and indicating that the question was
- still open). I have nothing new to add to that, only to suppose that
- those interested in this issue were aware of the following property
- that uniquely characterizes the circle S^1 (and thus would suffice to
- determine whether the boundary of the Mandelbrot set is in fact such a
- beast):
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- The circle is the unique topological space for which:
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- 1) no single point separates the space
-
- and
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- 2) every pair of distinct points does separate the
- space.
-
- Here, a set separates a space if its complement is not connected. (so,
- for instance, the empty set separates any non-connected space).
-
- Just an observation that might be of some value.
-
- Dale.
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