Example: c = -1 is in the Mandelbrot set, because the orbit of 0 under x² - 1 is just 0 --> -1 --> 0 --> -1 --> 0 ... so 0 lies on a 2-cycle, or a cycle of period 2.

EXAMPLE 2: c = -1 The orbit of 0 is a 2-cycle.

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