c = 2i is not in the Mandelbrot set, because the orbit of 0 under x² + 2i is 0 --> 2i --> -4 + 2i --> 12 - 14i --> -52 -334i --> ... and these complex numbers get larger and larger and tend to infinity.

EXAMPLE 5: c = 2i The orbit of 0 tends to infinity.

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