Another method for calculating Julia sets

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Normally a Julia set is calculated by iterating

for a particular value of c (in this example, i). Alternatively we can iterate the inverse mapping

randomly picking either the positive or negative root.

inverseJulia[z_] :=  Sqrt[z - I] /; Random[] < 0.5;

inverseJulia[z_] := -Sqrt[z - I];

complexPoints = NestList[inverseJulia, 0.1 + 1.1 I, 10000];

ListPlot[complexPoints /. Complex[a_, b_]->{a, b},
	AspectRatio -> Automatic];

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