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+from time import time
+import matplotlib
+#this will prevent the figure from popping up
+matplotlib.use('Agg')
+
+from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def simple_mandelbrot(width, height, real_low, real_high, imag_low, imag_high, max_iters, upper_bound):
+
+    real_vals = np.linspace(real_low, real_high, width)
+    imag_vals = np.linspace(imag_low, imag_high, height)
+
+    # we will represent members as 1, non-members as 0.
+
+    mandelbrot_graph = np.ones((height,width), dtype=np.float32)
+
+    for x in range(width):
+
+        for y in range(height):
+
+            c = np.complex64( real_vals[x] + imag_vals[y] * 1j  )
+            z = np.complex64(0)
+
+            for i in range(max_iters):
+
+                z = z**2 + c
+
+                if(np.abs(z) > upper_bound):
+                    mandelbrot_graph[y,x] = 0
+                    break
+
+    return mandelbrot_graph
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    t1 = time()
+    mandel = simple_mandelbrot(512,512,-2,2,-2,2,256, 2.5)
+    t2 = time()
+    mandel_time = t2 - t1
+
+    t1 = time()
+    fig = plt.figure(1)
+    plt.imshow(mandel, extent=(-2, 2, -2, 2))
+    plt.savefig('mandelbrot.png', dpi=fig.dpi)
+    t2 = time()
+
+    dump_time = t2 - t1
+
+    print('It took {} seconds to calculate the Mandelbrot graph.'.format(mandel_time))
+    print('It took {} seconds to dump the image.'.format(dump_time))