Mandelbrot Set Python

This is an assignment of a course about High Performance Computing In Python. Because of the possible copyright problems, I do not put the assignment description in this project.

My Python Version is 3.11.2.
I did not test other versions, but I guess that some other versions may also be OK.

Note:
Some functions (perhaps the parts related to multi-process or multi-threads) should be executed on Linux system.

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How to use the Python Unit Test to validate the correctness of this project?

• On a Linux PC or VM, execute python3 -u unit_tests.py. If there is no error, the program is correct.
• This test file unit_tests.py validates that:
  1. The naive method of Mandelbrot Set is correct.
  2. All methods have the same reals, images, and results.
  3. Because of the above 2 points, all methods of Mandelbrot Set are correct.

How to run this project to get the output data and figure?

1. On a Linux PC or VM, run all cells in the file gui.ipynb. Then the reals, images, and results of all methods will be generated in csv files. All methods have the same contents in the csv files because of the validation in unit_tests.py
2. To get the pdf-version figure of Mandelbrot Set, run python3 -u naive.py on a PC or VM with GUI (graphical user interface). One figure of Mandelbrot Set is enough in this project, because All methods have the same contents in the csv files, which will generate the same figures of Mandelbrot Set.

How to benchmark this project to get the output data and figure?

1. On a Linux PC or VM, execute python3 -u benchmark.py to generate the results of the benchmark in the csv file, and also print the results on the screen.
2. On a PC or VM with GUI, execute python3 -u benchmark_plotting.py to read the benchmark results from the csv file, and plot them in a bar chart.