; Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:24:23 -0500 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 19-11-08 (Iterative Zygote [8]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20081118172526.2a97daac@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- November 19, 2008 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; I have heard it said that life is the most complex thing in the ; universe. I hate to throw doubt on that near-mystical state- ; ment, but with their infinite complexity, fractals are more ; complex than even physical life. ; ; As far as I can tell, today's image is not alive however. It is ; only a fractal. This is not as rational as it might seem, for ; who can say with absolute certainty that fractals, in all their ; mathematical complexity, cannot be alive? The quantum theory of ; the sub-atomic realm is basically composed of number gyrations, ; and living things are composed of that sub-atomic stuff. ; ; The name I gave today's image is "Iterative Zygote", which needs ; some explanation. Before a human is an adult, he is a child. ; Before that he is an infant, a fetus, an embryo, and first of ; all, a zygote, which is a fertilized egg. Today's image reminds ; me of a fertilized egg just starting the countless divisions ; that will culminate (hopefully) in a mature adult human being. ; ; The image is located in the Seahorse Valley area of the large ; minibrot on the main negative spike of the parent fractal, which ; is a grossly enlarged Mandelbrot set. The tiny blips on the ; hairline arms and major arms surrounding and extending from the ; 16-lobed minibrot in the image are actually small Z^2+C Seahorse ; Valley Julia sets filled with similar 16-lobed minibrots. Some ; of the arms terminate in very curious fragments of Julia sets, ; while other arms simply die out into infinity. ; ; I was so impressed when I found such a picturesque minibrot of ; order-17 that I rated the image at an 8. The fireball calcula- ; tion time of a mere 19 seconds is also quite impressive. And as ; always, the already-calculated image is posted on the FOTD web ; site at: ; ; ; ; The fractal cats soundly disapproved of the clouds and freezing ; temperature of 32F 0C that prevailed here at Fractal Central on ; Tuesday. The occasional heavy showers of snow, which left a 1cm ; coating on the grass, did nothing to help things. ; ; My day was about average. Tomorrow will likely be the same. ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and when Sister Mary Thomas told me my questions about God ; were childish, and told me to sit down and shut up, I reminded ; her that the bible says we must become like children before we ; can get into heaven. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Iterative_Zygote { ; time=0:00:19.39-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=DivideBrot5 center-mag=-176.8801503226196/+0.238662432514931/\ 45067.88/1/-15/0 params=17/100 float=y maxiter=400 inside=0 logmap=138 periodicity=10 colors=000KFlKImKLnKOoMQpQSqTVrXYs``tdcuhhummvtttw\ wwzzzsgvscvt`utYutUutRtuNtuKtuHsuDsvAsv6rv3rv0rt2s\ s3sq5sp6sn8sm9skBtjCthEtgFteHtdItcJt`HqZGoXFmUEkSD\ iQBfNAdL9bJ8`G7ZE5WC4U93S72Q51O63R75T86V88X9AZABaB\ DcBFeCGgDIiDJk9Me6P`3SW0VRBZaUakcdumblv`dzZXzXPzVH\ zU9zTAzSAzRAzRAzQAzPAzPAzOAzNAzNAzMAzLAzLAzKAzJAzJ\ AzM7zP5zS3zU1zW6zYBz_Gz`KzbPzdUzeYzdVzdTzdRzcPzcNz\ cLzcJzbHzbFzbDzbBzcAzcAzdAzdAzcHzbNzaUz`_OzzIzzCzz\ `zz2zzAzzIzzPzzXzzczzkzzrzzozzmzzkzzizzgzzdzzbzz`z\ zZzzXzzEzzJzzNzzSzzWzz`zzdzzizzmzzqzznzXkzWhzVezUb\ zT_zSXzRUzQRzPOzOLzNJzMQzRWzVazZhzcnzgtzkrziqzgpze\ ozdnzbmz`lz_ez__z_Uz_Oz_Iz_Cz_EzWGzSIzOJzKLzGNzCPz\ 8Qz4Jz7Dz97zBAzBCzBEzBGzBIzBGzIEzPDzWBzb9zi8zp9zbA\ zPAzCAzDAzEAzFAzGAzGEzIIzJLzKPzLSzMWzN_zObzPfzQizR\ mzSpzT7zFAzGDzHGzIIzJLzKOzLQzMTzNWzOYzP`zQczRezShz\ TkzUmzVkzUizTgzTezSczSWza } frm:DivideBrot5 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=real(p1)-2, b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=sqr(z)/(z^(-a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint