```
#Import libraries for simulation
import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

#Imports for visualization
import PIL.Image
from cStringIO import StringIO
from IPython.display import clear_output, Image, display
import scipy.ndimage as nd
```


```
def DisplayFractal(a, fmt='jpeg'):
  """Display an array of iteration counts as a
     colorful picture of a fractal."""
  a_cyclic = (6.28*a/20.0).reshape(list(a.shape)+[1])
  img = np.concatenate([10+20*np.cos(a_cyclic),
                        30+50*np.sin(a_cyclic),
                        155-80*np.cos(a_cyclic)], 2)
  img[a==a.max()] = 0
  a = img
  a = np.uint8(np.clip(a, 0, 255))
  f = StringIO()
  PIL.Image.fromarray(a).save(f, fmt)
  display(Image(data=f.getvalue()))
```


```
sess = tf.InteractiveSession()
```

    Exception AssertionError: AssertionError() in <bound method InteractiveSession.__del__ of <tensorflow.python.client.session.InteractiveSession object at 0x6247390>> ignored



```
# Use NumPy to create a 2D array of complex numbers on [-2,2]x[-2,2]

Y, X = np.mgrid[-1.3:1.3:0.005, -2:1:0.005]
Z = X+1j*Y
```


```
xs = tf.constant(Z.astype("complex64"))
zs = tf.Variable(xs)
ns = tf.Variable(tf.zeros_like(xs, "float32"))
```


```
tf.InitializeAllVariables().run()
```


```
# Compute the new values of z: z^2 + x
zs_ = zs*zs + xs

# Have we diverged with this new value?
not_diverged = tf.complex_abs(zs_) < 4

# Operation to update the zs and the iteration count.
#t
# Note: We keep computing zs after they diverge! This
#       is very wasteful! There are better, if a little
#       less simple, ways to do this.
#
step = tf.group(
  zs.assign(zs_),
  ns.assign_add(tf.cast(not_diverged, "float32"))
  )
```


```
for i in range(200): step.run()
```


```
DisplayFractal(ns.eval())
```


![jpeg](output_8_0.jpe)



```

```