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About

Array-based complex number algebra.

Status

ALPHA - bleeding edge / work-in-progress

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Installation

yarn add @thi.ng/complex

ESM import:

import * as com from "@thi.ng/complex";

Browser ESM import:

<script type="module" src="https://esm.run/@thi.ng/complex"></script>

JSDelivr documentation

For Node.js REPL:

const com = await import("@thi.ng/complex");

Package sizes (brotli'd, pre-treeshake): ESM: 1.03 KB

Dependencies

• @thi.ng/api
• @thi.ng/checks
• @thi.ng/math
• @thi.ng/vectors

Note: @thi.ng/api is in most cases a type-only import (not used at runtime)

API

Generated API docs

ASCII art mandelbrot fractal using complex number math

import { abs, madd, type Complex } from "@thi.ng/complex";
import { SHADES_ASCII_16, canvas, formatCanvas } from "@thi.ng/text-canvas";
import { map, range2d, run } from "@thi.ng/transducers";
import { fit2 } from "@thi.ng/vectors";

// mandelbrot evaluation
const mandelbrot = (pos: Complex, escapeRadius: number, maxIter: number) => {
    let i = 0;
    for (
        let z: Complex = pos;
        ++i < maxIter && abs(z) < escapeRadius;
        z = madd(z, z, pos)
    );
    return maxIter - i;
};

// text canvas setup
const canv = canvas(120, 60);

// evaluate for all pixels and visualize as ASCII art
run(
    map((pos) => {
        // compute fractal at pos
        const m = mandelbrot(
            // map pixel pos to mandelbrot region
            fit2([], pos, [0, 0], canv.size, [-2, -1.25], [0.65, 1.25]),
            // escape radius
            2000,
            // max iter = number of chars/shades
            16
        );
        // set pixel using corresponding shade
        canv.setAt(pos[0], pos[1], SHADES_ASCII_16[m]);
    }),
    range2d(...canv.size)
);

// output canvas as string
console.log(formatCanvas(canv));

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Authors

• Karsten Schmidt

If this project contributes to an academic publication, please cite it as:

@misc{thing-complex,
  title = "@thi.ng/complex",
  author = "Karsten Schmidt",
  note = "https://thi.ng/complex",
  year = 2022
}

License

© 2022 - 2025 Karsten Schmidt // Apache License 2.0