OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Mandelbrot Set Lemniscate
EXAMPLE
3.279185833...
MATHEMATICA
f[x_, y_] = ComplexExpand[#*Conjugate[#] &[c + (c + (c + c^2)^2)^2] /. c -> x + I*y] - 4 ; sy = Solve[f[x, y] == 0, y]; sx = Solve[f[x, y] == 0, x]; f1[x_] = y /. sy[[8]]; f2[x_] = y /. sy[[4]]; g1[y_] = x /. sx[[1]]; g2[y_] = x /. sx[[2]]; x1 = -39/20; y1 = f1[x1]; x2 = -7/4; y2 = f1[x2]; x3 = -1; y3 = f2[x3]; x4 = -1/10; y4 = f2[x4]; x5 = 107/200; y5 = f1[x5]; x6 = 10703/20000; y6 = f1[x6];
ni[a_, b_] := NIntegrate[a, b, WorkingPrecision -> 120];
i1 = ni[-g1[y] + g1[y1], {y, 0, y1}];
i2 = ni[f1[x], {x, x1, x2}];
i3 = ni[-g1[y] + g1[y3], {y, y2, y3}] + (x3 - x2) y2;
i4 = ni[f2[x], {x, x3, x4}] ;
i5 = ni[g2[y] - g2[y4], {y, y5, y4}] + (x5 - x4) y5 ;
i6 = ni[f1[x], {x, x5, x6}] ;
i7 = ni[ g2[y] - g2[y6], {y, 0, y6}];
area = 2 (i1 + i2 + i3 + i4 + i5 + i6 + i7);
Take[RealDigits[area][[1]], 105]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Aug 26 2011
STATUS
approved