; Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 11:59:58 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 03-12-03 (Basic Superstrings [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031203120136.29afb916@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 03, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; One of the latest fads in physics is the theory of superstrings, ; or more recently, super multi-dimensional membranes, which twist ; and turn in an 11-dimensional spacetime, and somehow manifest in ; our everyday 4-dimensional spacetime as the various sub-atomic ; particles. This is supposed, or hoped, to be the beginning of ; the big breakthrough (yet another breakthrough) that will ; eventually lead to the holy grail -- a theory of everything ; that makes mathematical sense. Whether such a theory would make ; common sense is another story. ; ; It should be apparent that I hold little hope of this theory ; being the big one that would explain even physical, much less ; conscious, existence. I have seen too many breakthroughs come ; and go during the 40 or so odd years I have been following the ; latest trends in science. But breakthrough or not, superstrings ; are real. Today's image has captured a number of them encirc- ; ling a midget in a different part of the same fractal that held ; yesterday's image. ; ; I named the image "Basic Superstrings" because superstrings and ; supermembranes are currently looked upon as the most basic sub- ; atomic entities. The rating of a 6 is becoming boringly common, ; but it is the fairest rating I could give today's image. ; ; The render time of under 2 minutes is about equal to the time ; required to go on-line and download the completed GIF image from: ; ; ; ; or from: ; ; ; ; The temperature on Tuesday here at Fractal Central barely ; reached 40F 4C, while the winds continued unabated. Even the ; occasional burst of warm sun was not enough to lure the fractal ; cats outdoors. They spent another day indoors by their windows, ; watching the world go by. In the evening, I gave them a treat ; of tuna to ease their frustration. ; ; Now I must shift from fractal mode to work mode. But when the ; work is finished, I'll shift back into fractal mode. The ; results of that shift will appear as tomorrow's FOTD. Until ; then, take care, and stay fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Basic_Superstrings { ; time=0:01:50.45--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.78010197328101300/-0.143377273422810\ 70/2.749007e+011/1/14.9822749561698103/-0.145702029 params=7.5/-1.75/0.7/-7.5/0/525 float=y maxiter=300 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=33 periodicity=10 colors=000J0YL3aN7cN9fPDhSFjSJlULqUPsWSuYWxYYz_az_\ czjjzsqzzxzzzzzzzzzzzzzchzFSz0Bz00u01s03q05n07l0Bj\ 0Dh0Ff0Hc0Ja0N_0PY0SW0UU0WS0YD0_00a05U0DN0NF0Y70fB\ 0qL0zW0zf0zm0zm0zm0zm1zm3zm5zm7zm9zmBzmDzmFzmHzmJw\ zLuzNszPqzSozNmzJmzFmzBmz7mzAmzKLzULzcLzmNzmNzmPzm\ PzmPzoLzqHzsDzuLzwUzxazyjzzszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzqzzhzza\ zzfzzjzznzzjzzfzzazzYzzUzzPzzLzzHzzDzz9zz5zz1zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0z\ z0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0\ zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz\ 0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz1zz3zz5zz7zz9zzBzzDzzFzzHzz7z\ z0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz1zz7zzDzzLzzSzzYzzfzzlzzs\ zzzzzazzFzz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz9zz\ JzzWzzfzzszzzzuzzszznzzlzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzuz\ zszznzzjzzfzzazz_zzPzzLzz } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ;