; Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:29:04 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 11-12-03 (School Days Fractal [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20031211103048.2a97a676@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- December 11, 2003 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's fractal is named "School Days Fractal". I have not the ; slightest idea why I gave it this name, but for some strange ; reason, the name seems right, and therefore the image will ; remain so named for all eternity. ; ; The parent fractal is an irregular thing with X-axis symmetry, ; created when 5 parts of Z^(-1.3) are subtracted from one part of ; Z^(-8.6). At first glance, this parent appears to have few ; promising areas to investigate when the goal is to find hidden ; midgets. True, there are a few obvious small M-sets lying ; about, which give some hope, but these are little more than ; reflections of the M-set itself. ; ; However, notice the northernmost part of the parent fractal, ; where a bit of something interesting lies. Surely, no midgets ; will be found in this series of fragments and Julia-like ; spirals. That's what I thought when I first checked the area. ; But I was wrong. ; ; For some reason, I got the feeling that often comes over me when ; I am near a midget in an unlikely location. My persistence paid ; off, and at the end of my quest, I came upon today's scene, ; which BTW rates another 6. ; ; The scene is almost as interesting when an outzoom or two are ; done, and I did have a bit of difficulty deciding where to stop. ; I think I've found the best magnitude, but others might ; disagree. It's worth a check. ; ; As always, the render time, which today is 17 minutes, may be ; avoided by downloading the pre-rendered GIF image from one of ; the FOTD web sites at: ; ; ; ; and at: ; ; ; ; In yesterday's FOTD I said that I would wax philosophical today ; on the philofractal list if I had the time. I did not have the ; time. I'll try again tomorrow. ; ; The rain moved in early Wednesday afternoon here at Fractal ; Central, cutting short the cats' time outside. The chilly ; temperature of 46F 8C only made things worse. As a result, the ; duo sulked admirably, and needed an extra dish of tuna to ; restore their spirits. ; ; This morning the rain has ended, but the wind has arisen. We'll ; see how the duo adjusts. I'll adjust very well as soon as the ; work is behind me. Until next time and next FOTD, take care, ; and see you in 24 hours. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ SchoolDays_Fractal { ; time=0:17:49.62--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.67507676878145810/+1.767666155180351\ 00/2.397265e+008/1/29.9999671749570034/1.754618232\ 14984e-005 params=-5/-1.3/1/-8.6/0/525/0/0 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=315 periodicity=10 colors=000anx_ozVozPnzLnzNozNqzNszNuzPvzPxzPxzPzzP\ zzRzzRzzRzzRzzRzzTzzTzzTzzTzzTzzNzjHzGCz0Az0Az0Az0\ Az08z08z08z08z08z06z06z16z16z36z63z83z83zA3zC3zC6z\ E6zE8zE8zEAzEAvECsECnEEhGEeGG_GGXGHRGHNGJHGJEGPGLV\ HP_JVeJY0Pz6TxCVsJXnP_hXacacYhgTnhNsjJocGnYEjRAhL8\ eE6c81_00Y00V00T00L0HE0eC3gC8hCCjCGlCJnCNnCRoCVqAY\ sAauAevAhvAlxAozAszAvz8zz8zz8zz8zz8zz8zz8zz8zz3zz0\ zz0oz0ez0Vz0Hz06z00z00z03z18z8EvGHqLLlTRhmccrdYzhV\ wnPvwJzxGzzAzz3zz0zu0zs0zq0zp0zo0zn0zm0zl0zk0zj1zi\ 3zh6zg8zfAzeCzdExcGvbHsaJo`Ll_NjaPgeRchTalVYoXVzYT\ x_PzaLzcJzcJzaLz_LzXNzVNzTPzRPzNPxLRvJRuHTuETsCVqA\ Vo8Vo3Xn1Xl0Yj0Yj0_h0_g0_g0Xc0V_0TY3RVAPRGNPJLLPJH\ VHGYGCcE8hC6lA1q80v60z30z10z00z00z00z00z00z00z00z0\ 0v03s08n0Ch0Gc0JY0NT0RP0VJ0YE0a80e10h00l0Co1NsCYvJ\ azNczRgzThzXlzYnzaqzcszgvzhxzlzznzzqzzsvzunzuezuXz\ uPzuGzuzzNzzVxz_zzgzzlzzs } frm:MandelbrotMix2 {; 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)+(p4)), 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================================== ;