; Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:58:24 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-03-04 (What is it? [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040326100128.29d7f1ba@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- March 26, 2004 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In today's image, things get stranger yet. Now, the midget ; itself has been infected by whatever is happening in this part ; of the fractal world. What we have in the image is a quadratic ; midget that has begun to morph into a midget of the sixth order. ; The five lobes of sixth-order midgets are already taking shape. ; The smaller satellite midgets however still retain the familiar ; Mandelbrot outline. ; ; Check the westernmost extremity of the large midget, on the ; X-axis where the stem branches out. You will find a perfect ; Mandelbrot bud there. Then check the smaller outlying midgets. ; Some of these are irregular holes with a decidedly non-critical ; appearance, but others are perfect mini-Mandelbrot sets. ; Finally, notice the 6,36,216... series of elements leading to ; the central midget -- a sure sign of an emerging sixth-order ; midget. ; ; What's happening here is crazy enough, but we have not yet seen ; the worst of it. Stay tuned over the next few days for even ; stranger fractal wonders. ; ; Since today's image has only limited artistic worth, I have ; rated it at a 4, which is a little below average, but not low ; enough to make the 1-1/4 minute render time too much to ask. ; Thanks to the short render time, the overall value registers an ; impressive 323. ; ; Perhaps the fastest way to see the image is to download it from ; the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Fine early spring weather on Thursday made the fractal cats ; happy. The warm sun and temperature of 68F 20C was just what ; the duo was waiting for. They spent the entire afternoon in the ; yard, doing what old-age cats do best -- sleeping. When they ; came inside, the treat of tuna completed their day. This ; morning is starting even warmer. Another good day seems to be ; coming. ; ; I have several hours work to accomplish, then it's back to the ; fractal screen. Until next FOTD, take care, and who knows what ; is possible in the world of fractals? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ What_is_it { ; time=0:01:14.37--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=1 center-mag=-0.509759593836255/0/351.2859/1/180 params=1/3/0.355/4/0/0 float=y maxiter=900 inside=0 logmap=15 symmetry=xaxis periodicity=10 colors=000LB9L96L84OC6RF7UI9XLA_OBbRDeUEhYFk`HncIq\ fJtiLwlMzoNymKylIykGyjEyiCwgFvfIudLtcOsaQr`TqZWpYZ\ oWanVclYdj_dhadfcddedbgdaid_ldYndWpdUrdStdQvdPxdOw\ cNvcMubLubKtbJsaIraHr`Gq`Fr`Es_Dt_CuZBvZAwZAxbAyfA\ ziAzmAzqAzuAzxlztgzpczlbziczcdzYezSfzNgzQhzSizVjzX\ kz_lzamzdnzfozipzkqznrzpszltziuzfvzcwz`xzYyzUzz2zz\ FzzRzzbzzczzdzzezzfzzgzzhzzizzjzzkzzlzzmzzmzzlzziz\ zfzzczz`zzXzzUzzRzzOzzLzzIzzFzzCzz9zzAzzBzzBzzCzzC\ zzDzzEzzEzzFzzFzzGzzHzzHzzIzzIzzNzzSzzXzzazzVzzOzz\ HzzPzzWzzbzzjzzqzzxzzuzzrzzozzlzzjzzgzzdzzazzZzzXz\ zUzzRzzOzzMzzOzzPzzQzzRzzPzzNzzLzzJzzHzzFzzEzzCzzB\ zzAzz9zz7zz6zz5zz4zz3zz6zz8zzAzzCzzFzzHzzJzzLzzNzz\ QzzTzzWzzZzzazzczzfzzizzlzzozzqzzdzzSzzFzz3zz6zz8z\ zBzzDzzFzzIzzKzzMzzPzzRzzTzzXzz_zzbzzezzhzzkzzhzze\ zzbzz`zzVzzQzzUzzXzz_zzczzfzzizzmzzpzzszzozzkzzgzz\ dzz`zzXzzOzzLzzJzzGzzEzzB } 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================================== ;