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 ### 5. Check if $\left\lvert z \right\rvert$ (the module of $z$) escapes
 
+> * **Escape condition**: If at any point during the iterations $\left\lvert z_{n} \right\rvert$ (the magnitude of $z_{n}$) exceeds a threshold (commonly $2$), we say the point $z$ escapes and is **not** in the Julia set we stop iterating.
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 ### 6. Repeat the iteration for a maximum number of iterations
 
 ### 7. Color the point