; Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:36:36 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 20-07-08 (What's It All About [5.5]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080720143701.2b17241a@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 20, 2008 (Rating 5.5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is not so bad for such a hurried one. But due to ; being out in the Poconos having fun all day Saturday, I have ; little time for the fractal discussion. ; ; Surprisingly, at level 26 of the hyperladder, and with the ; function set to 'floor', the fractal created by the formula ; Z^(1.875)+C closely resembles a Mandelbrot set with X-axis ; symmetry that has been rotated 180 degrees. The scene of ; today's action is located in a minor valley on the eastern ; shore line of the large southern bud. (If the parent fractal ; is rotated 180 degrees to the 'normal' position, this is the ; western shore line of the northern bud.) ; ; I was a bit generous when I rated the image at a 5.5. It really ; has little going for it other than coordinated confusion. When ; I named it "What's it all About", I was thinking of the 'real' ; 'objective' world, which we all assume to be really 'out there'. ; The older I get, the more I doubt that the world is actually ; 'out there' rather than 'in here', or more likely a combination ; of both. ; ; The calculation time of 7-1/2 minutes is more than the image is ; worth. I strongly recommend visiting the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and saving the effort of running the parameter file. If, due to ; the unusual hour of this posting, the image is not yet posted, ; check back in a few hours or bite the fractal bullet and run the ; parameter file at once. ; ; Typical midsummer weather prevailed at Fractal Central on ; Saturday, and it is prevailing again today. The fractal cats ; are ignoring it. The next FOTD will be posted in about 8 hours. ; Until that brief time passes, take care and search for the ; elusive truth. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Whats_It_All_About { ; time=0:7:30.00-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=floor passes=1 center-mag=+0.09083559731196626/-0.751949802458988\ 10/3.635092e+009/1/-165/0 params=1.875/0/26/0 float=y maxiter=7500 inside=253 logmap=420 periodicity=10 colors=000SDfUEgWFhYGi`HjcIkfJliKmlLnoMor0pu4qzBhz\ HZzFYzEWzEWzCVzCUzBUzBSz9Rz9Rz8QfrBfqBhq9ho9io8in8\ jn7jn7iq8hs9fv9eyBdzCbzCazEazErPzmVziawdhs`mnWsiRz\ eNz`JzWfIzdQzaYsZenWmhUuaRzWWvaaqfekjjhoobusYyySzz\ PzzMzyLswJmuIfsH`rFSqEMnCFmB8k91j80iC0iF0iJ0iM0iQ0\ iS0iW0iZ0ia0ie0ih1ik1in1ir3iu3iw3eu5as7Yr8Vo9RnBNm\ CLjEHiFChH9eI5dJ1bL0aM0jP1sR3zSHyZSvddsi3zd8zeEzeJ\ zePzfUwfYvfbshhqhmnhrkiwiizhizikzjmzknzmqzzzwwztsz\ qoznlzkjzhhxeeubbq__kXXdUUaRR`OP_LO_ILZFITCCOZFQ`E\ PbCNv9Lo8JzPIz5HzVFvBJvRNiPQhVUh`Yhf`fmdzzhmyjYnmQ\ dnIUq9Jr18u00v4SmEudRqbdmaziaqaMqV5jY7e`7Zb7Ud8Nf8\ Ii8Bj95m90o90q90oE0oI1nM4nQ7mU9mYCkaFkdIkhLjkNjoNi\ sSiwVhzYhzZhzbkzenzhqzksznvzqzyuzwwzvzzuzzszzkvzeq\ zYjzRhzJazCVzLPzSIzZJzfQznVzuazzfzzdzzazwZzrWzmUzh\ RzbPzYMzRJzMHzHEzBBz58z05z07z08z08z19z3Bz5Bz7Cz8Ez\ BEzCFzFHzHHzIIzHJIFLzFMzE } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|