Mandelbrot explorer · qwen3.5-plus-20260420
Render the Mandelbrot set with a smooth color gradient on a full-screen canvas, with click-and-drag to pan and mouse-wheel to zoom.
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Render the Mandelbrot set with a smooth color gradient on a full-screen canvas, with click-and-drag to pan and mouse-wheel to zoom.
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The user wants a single-page HTML file that renders the Mandelbrot set with: 1. Full-screen canvas 2. Smooth color gradient 3. Click-and-drag to pan 4. Mouse-wheel to zoom Let me build this with all CSS and JS inline in one index.html file. I'll use a high-quality rendering approach with smooth coloring (using the normalized iteration count / escape radius smoothing technique). Key implementation details: - Canvas fills the viewport - Mandelbrot set computation per pixel - Smooth coloring using the normalized iteration count algorithm - Mouse wheel zooms in/out centered on cursor position - Click and drag pans the view - Responsive to window resize Let me write a comprehensive implementation.
/tmp/ws/index.html (13293 bytes)Successfully wrote 13293 bytes to /tmp/ws/index.html
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The file is created but I noticed some issues with the palette generation and color computation. Let me review and fix it for better visual results. 1. The palette generation has some redundant/overlapping code 2. The color computation uses fractional interpolation but the index calculation could be cleaner 3. Let me also check the smooth iteration coloring math Let me fix these issues for a more polished result.
{"path":"/tmp/ws/index.html","edits":[{"oldText":" function buildPalette() {\n // Use a palette based on smooth cosine gradients (Inigo Could not find the exact text in /tmp/ws/index.html. The old text must match exactly including all whitespace and newlines.
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Let me re-read the file to see the exact content.
{"path":"/tmp/ws/index.html","offset":50,"limit":50}pointer-events: none; backdrop-filter: blur(4px); } </style> </head> <body> <canvas id="canvas"></canvas> <div id="info"> Center: <span id="cx">-0.5</span> + <span id="cy">0</span>i<br> Zoom: <span id="zoom">1</span>x | MaxIter: <span id="miter">256</span> </div> <div id="loading">Rendering…</div> <script> (function() { "use strict"; const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"); const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"); const cxEl = document.getElementById("cx"); const cyEl = document.getElementById("cy"); const zoomEl = document.getElementById("zoom"); const miterEl = document.getElementById("miter"); const loadingEl = document.getElementById("loading"); /* ---- State ---- */ let centerX = -0.5; let centerY = 0; let logZoom = 0; // zoom = exp(logZoom), so zoom=1 → logZoom=0 let maxIter = 256; let W = 0, H = 0; let imgData = null; let buf32 = null; // Uint32View for fast pixel writes let renderTimer = 0; let renderID = 0; // cancel old renders let dragging = false; let dragStartX, dragStartY; let dragCenterX, dragCenterY; /* ---- Color palette (pre-computed 4096 entries) ---- */ const PAL_SIZE = 4096; const palR = new Uint8Array(PAL_SIZE); const palG = new Uint8Array(PAL_SIZE); const palB = new Uint8Array(PAL_SIZE); function buildPalette() { // Use a palette based on smooth cosine gradients (Inigo Quilez style) // Each channel: a + b*cos(2π(c*t + d)) const palettes = [ // Channel R [342 more lines in file. Use offset=100 to continue.]
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OK, I need to see the exact text of the buildPalette function to fix it properly. Let me read the relevant section.
{"path":"/tmp/ws/index.html","offset":96,"limit":40}// Use a palette based on smooth cosine gradients (Inigo Quilez style) // Each channel: a + b*cos(2π(c*t + d)) const palettes = [ // Channel R [0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 0.00], [0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 0.33], [0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 0.67], ]; const a = [0.15, 0.20, 0.25]; const b = [0.80, 0.45, 0.40]; const c = [1.00, 1.00, 0.00]; // 0.25, 0.35, const d = [0.60, 0.80, 0.20]; // Better palette with multiple frequencies for interesting colors const p = [ // R: a + b*cos(2π(c·t + d)) { a: 0.50, b: 0.50, c: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0], d: [0.60, 0.80, 0.20] }, { a: 0.50, b: 0.50, c: [1.0, 1.0, 1.0], d: [0.10, 0.30, 0.50] }, ]; // Simple but beautiful palette using multiple harmonics for (let i = 0; i < PAL_SIZE; i++) { const t = i / PAL_SIZE; // Channel 0 (R) let r = 0.5 + 0.5 * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * (1.0 * t + 0.00)); let g = 0.5 + 0.5 * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * (1.0 * t + 0.63)); let b_ = 0.5 + 0.5 * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * (1.0 * t + 0.30)); // Mix in a second harmonic for richer color r = 0.6 * r + 0.4 * (0.5 + 0.5 * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * (2.0 * t + 0.15))); g = 0.6 * g + 0.4 * (0.5 + 0.5 * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * (2.0 * t + 0.45))); b_ = 0.6 * b_ + 0.4 * (0.5 + 0.5 * Math.cos(2 * Math.PI * (2.0 * t + 0.75))); // Deep blue-black near the set const inner = 1.0 - Math.exp(-3.0 * (1.0 - t)); r = r * (1.0 - 0.3 * inner); g = g * (1.0 - 0.2 * inner); b_ = b_ * (1.0 + 0.1 * inner); palR[i] = Math.max(0, Math.min(255, (r * 255) | 0)) | 0; [306 more lines in file. Use offset=136 to continue.]
Let me rewrite the file cleanly with a simpler, cleaner implementation:
/tmp/ws/index.html (8284 bytes)Successfully wrote 8284 bytes to /tmp/ws/index.html
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The user wants me to verify the file is present and correct. Let me do a quick check.
{"command":"ls -la /tmp/ws/index.html && wc -l /tmp/ws/index.html"}-rw-r--r--. 1 node node 8288 Aug 1 20:19 /tmp/ws/index.html 264 /tmp/ws/index.html
The file is ready at `/tmp/ws/index.html`. Here's what it does: **Mandelbrot Set Explorer** — a single self-contained HTML file with: - **Full-screen canvas** rendering the Mandelbrot set with smooth (normalized iteration count) coloring using a pre-computed 4096-entry cosine palette blended with two harmonics for rich, varied colors - **Click-and-drag to pan** — grab anywhere and drag - **Mouse-wheel to zoom** — zooms toward the cursor position (pinch-to-zoom on touch devices) - **Double-click to zoom in** 2× at the click point - **Auto-adjusting max iterations** — increases as you zoom deeper (256 → 10,000) for detail at high zoom - **Cardioid/bulb optimization** — skips the known interior regions for faster rendering - **Chunked rendering** (32 rows at a time via `requestAnimationFrame`) — keeps the UI responsive during render - **HUD overlay** showing center coordinates, zoom level, and keyboard hint - **`R` key to reset** the view - **Touch support** for mobile devices - **DPR-aware** — uses device pixel ratio (capped at 2×) for crisp rendering on Retina displays - **Zero external dependencies** — no CDN, no network requests, fully sandboxed
TAKE IT TO CODE
A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.
RUN
EVALUATION
Mandelbrot set renders with drag-pan and wheel-zoom working, but the color gradient is mostly black with a thin yellow-green edge, not smooth.
Vision grade · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5
MEASUREMENTS
Raw readings from the capture, not a verdict — the grade above is the only judgement. Percentages are how much of the screen changed; the measure under-reports sparse motion on a dark background.