The Mandelbrot set is a particular mathematical set of points, whose boundary generates a distinctive and easily recognisable two-dimensional fractal shape.

Images of the Mandelbrot set display an elaborate boundary that reveals progressively ever-finer recursive detail at increasing magnifications. The "style" of this repeating detail depends on the region of the set being examined. The set's boundary also incorporates smaller versions of the main shape, so the fractal property of self-similarity applies to the whole set, and not just to its parts.

For more info about the problem we faced, please visit [from Wikipedia] (link), the place from where we also took the previous two paragraphs.

Understanding the problems of the Mandelbrot set and chosing how to visualize the sets of values it generates was the main problem we faced.

After that, using Silverlight to create the application was a very easy task as in only took us a couple of hours to do the setup and extract the values needed from each iteration.

It was a nice way to use new technology to solve or visualize old problems.