Hyperbolic cosine iteration
Each turn evaluates complex hyperbolic cosine at the current z, then adds c. The definition cosh(z) = (eᶻ + e⁻ᶻ)/2 puts exponential growth on the real axis beside imaginary-axis repetition with period 2π.
Try z = iπ/2 on the imaginary axis. Since cosh(iπ/2) = cos(π/2) = 0, starting there with c = 0 leaves the recurrence at zero. Nudge the point off that axis and the eᶻ term can drive exponential growth and rapid escape. That sharp divide—bounded behavior in a narrow strip, rapid escape elsewhere—is typical of transcendental iteration. Unlike a polynomial, this map has no universal escape radius; FractalPark uses a bailout threshold chosen to detect divergence in practice.

