; Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 11:50:27 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 16-10-04 (Fractal Fossil [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20041016115129.30978298@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 16, 2004 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image, which rates a 7, was created by the fn*fn ; formula. This formula doesn't bother with a constant term such ; as Z or C, it merely multiplies two functions and plugs the ; product back into the formula. When I brought up the formula, ; I expected little of interest to come from it, and indeed, for a ; while nothing did. But then I tried multiplying the cotan and ; cotanh functions, and activating the mainly blank screen with ; the bof61 inside fill. The result was a screen filled with ; chaos, but with little delicate and interesting objects of order ; scattered among the chaos. Today's image reveals one of these ; bits of order. ; ; It is not surprising that a formula that includes a hyperbolic ; function should draw a hyperbola. And that is exactly what we ; find at the center of the large semi-orderly area. Don't bother ; zooming into the center of this hyperbola -- I already did, and ; found that it's hyperbolae all the way down. ; ; The large central object in today's image reminds me of a ; fossil, so I named it "Fractal Fossil". The rating of a 7 might ; be a bit exaggerated, but the image really is a rather unusual ; one. When the 4-minute render time is figured in, the overall ; worth rates a respectable 173. ; ; The rendering may be avoided by downloading the completed GIF ; image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; The heavy clouds and occasional rain hung around all day here at ; Fractal Central on Friday, holding the temperature to 64F 18C ; and keeping the dynamic duo of fractal cats confined to their ; lookout shelf by the side window, where, due to the rain, there ; was very little to look at. The duo took their disappointment ; rather well. Today is starting blustery and chilly, but only a ; few clouds are in the sky. It is too early to determine what ; the duo will make of it. ; ; For the fractal human, the work is caught up, leaving a day with ; not much to do but watch some games on TV and find a great ; fractal. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours or I'll have a ; good alibi ready. Until next time, take care, and if nothing is ; real, is the knowledge of that fact real? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Fractal_Fossil { ; time=0:04:02.55--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=fn*fn function=cotan/cotanh center-mag=-1.22692/1.25354/2.297076/1/5/3.8857805\ 86188048e-016 float=y maxiter=95 bailout=1410065407 inside=bof61 logmap=yes periodicity=10 passes=1 colors=000OkzNhzMezurAL_zKXzJUzIRzHOzHLzGIzFFzECzD\ 9zD7AHwzLw0m50T50X4T`4zd3zh3zl2zp2zo7XnCzmHzlMzkRz\ kWzj`ziezhjzgozgtzerzdqzcpzboz`nz_mzZkzYjzWizVhzUg\ zTfzRdzQczPbzOazM`zL_zKYzJXzHWzGVzFUzETza_zxfztbzq\ ZzmWzjSzfPzcLz`Iz_Mz_QzZTzZXzY`zYczYgzXkzXnzWrzWvz\ WyzXxzYwzYvzZvz_uz_tz`szaszarzbqzbpzcpzdozdnzemzfm\ zflzgkzgkzdkzblz`mzZnzNOzPNzQNzSMzTMzVLzXKzYKz_Jz`\ JzbIzcIzgTzkXzn`zqdzmezjfzggzdgzahzZizWjzTjZQkYNlW\ KmVHmUHnUHoUHpUIoVIoVInVInVImVImVImVIlVIlVIkVIkVIk\ VJjVJjVJiVJiVJiVJhVJhVJgVJgVJgVJfVJfVKeVKeVKeVKdV`\ eP_dOYdOXcOVbOTaNS`NQ_NP_NYULfPKoJJwEIrGKnIMjKOfMP\ bORZQTUSVQUWMWYIY_E_aA`bB_cB_cB_dCZdCZeCZeDYfDYfDY\ gEYgEXhEXhFXiFWiFWjGWjGWkGVkHVlHVlHUmIUmIUnIUnn4Kl\ 8OjBRiFVgIYfMadPdcThaWk`_oZbrYeuWdtUctSbsRasParN`r\ M_qKZqIYpHYpFXoDWoBVnAUn8Um6Tm5Sl3Rl1Qk0Qk3Pl5Pm7P\ m9OnCOnEOoGNoINpNk8Om5Pn2 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;