More context here (alt.fractals discussion from February 1991) [0]: [...] by computing the area of the M-set using lots of terms in a series (Laurent Series?),

More context here (alt.fractals discussion from February 1991) [0]: [...] by computing the area of the M-set using lots of terms in a series (Laurent Series?), the upper bound of the area seems to converge about at 1.72 (the graph gets quite flat, and seems to have an asymptote there), and by counting pixals more and more accurately, you seem to get a lower bound of very close to 1.52. Both these bounds are close to the values the methods would produce in the limit - that is, it is NOT the case that these numbers would get closer if a finer grid were used, or more terms were taken in the series. So, why the difference of 10% or so? No one knows. [0] https://ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/mand-area.html https://ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/mand-area.html