; Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:13:13 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 26-04-10 (The Fortunate Four [6]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20100426011518.2b6fc0b2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 26, 2010 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is named "The Fortunate Four". No one is more ; puzzled about this name than myself. The rating of merely a 6 ; indicates that I consider the image to be a come-down from the ; past several days. ; ; Perhaps the most striking thing about the image is the obvious ; black square surrounding the central minibrot. This square is ; almost entirely due to the coloring. ; ; The parent fractal is some kind of weird mixture of Z^(-20) and ; Z^2, which on the surface resembles an unexceptional Mandelbrot ; set. This M-set is unusual however because it is surrounded by ; blobs arranged into rings, which are loaded with minibrots. ; Today's image is located in one of these blobs, rather deep in ; East Valley. ; ; The calculation time of 3 minutes seems about right to me. I ; leave it to the individual fractalist to decide whether the ; result is worth the effort. ; ; The finished image may be seen at leisure on the FOTD web site ; at: ; ; ; ; The rain ended by 9am here at Fractal Central on Sunday, but the ; clouds hung tough through the rest of the day, while the tempera- ; ture of 54F 12C made it feel like November. The fractal cats ; slept through most of it until a brief but noisy thunder-shower ; moved in at 6pm. When Nicholas heard the crashing and booming, ; he decided the bathroom closet would be the safest place, while ; Cassie ducked behind the couch for the duration. ; ; Otherwise, the day was spent recovering from Saturday's not- ; entirely-surprise antiquing expedition. Actually, I'm kind of ; getting to enjoy these Saturday trips around the Central Pennsyl- ; vania countryside, which is pleasantly rural. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take ; care, and if one actually sees a ghost, would it then be more ; rational for that person to believe in the reality of ghosts, or ; to go rational and assume their mind is playing tricks? Tricks ; of the mind are real enough, but in reality, what are tricks of ; the mind made of? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Fortunate_Four { ; time=0:03:09.07-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.2517290144756433/+0.0000000033082999\ /5.1796e+012/1/111/0 params=-20/100000000000.0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=270 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000X6oXCyTKuPXrLjn1`J5fR9lYDrdnW`Sl4PoFMrQJ\ u`LMnuet`noMLZKVbJdeInhlL4XdQZE_UQbQ`eLlhSNZO_cKkg\ CxIFwXermXtlPvkbi_VncOsgWg4RmJMrYXCkRSkMgkrocerfTu\ ir0chFe_UgQhiffFUoWLBrJ_niqW_saQufTm2NrP4gj8kkBokE\ skQjQNnWLq`Jtf6C_C_eJeHInXDtyFXcD_rFen80BBFLDUUFhb\ nX0sZyfgtUooblInkQjwXqedHSkHfkrvwewsTwo7SFzIF1ce5h\ g9mhDrjhUdZcgQmitDg``irNZtp1fsHUuXi8XBlTDoYErbGugz\ GMcaZD2gQf_gcl32l7HkAVkEik4k4B4LoMucZqSkng6x`KtUXq\ NjnAcxm92lA1cBUWCvVDjUE_TFPSGE_QDgZDaXBXW9SU7NT5O_\ EOfNOmWOsdIFKHUUHhbzzGzpOzhWNbcddtZiqTnoNsmDR2E_EF\ gPGo`VbKQiULzbmKgbYiSjjVnhRqiOsjKuk48A9QNDf_S5Zyze\ jOgWei5A3BZQyadXGydDbZPeT`gNliHuDHvVCJSFcazzqMGHKR\ PJaXIldjh5blGWpROta3UB7aLAhUEpbwoVlq_ascRugdjMXoVP\ scvyAhxNVw_oYycftSoo7DHC`XzZapOPgXVZe`Qnf`PNl3OaMW\ RdcaHaWSdRbfMmiz8ycYr9uCDvUcynJaaEMJFWRGdYHndrEPeU\ XThdei5ZmGTpRNtaTeVdXsXep } frm:FinalDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))-c |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;