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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's disordered and confused image defied naming. While studying it, I could find no theme to hang a name on. In the end I was overwhelmed by the confusion throughout the image, and named it "Midget Melee". The parent fractal, which results when 1/Z is subtracted from 0.5 part of Z^2, appears as a twisted Mandeloid surrounded by much debris and many zig-zagging filaments. Today's scene is located in the suburbs of a larger midget, which in turn is located in an area of chaotic debris on a broad filament on the northwest outskirts of the main mandeloid. I rated the picture at a 6, the most convenient rating to use for an image whose true worth is ambiguous. The parameter file renders in somewhat more than 7 minutes on my tired old Pentium 200mhz machine. (BTW, whatever happened to megacycles?) For those who wait an hour or so, the GIF image will be available on the web at: The fractal weather today was perfect, at least for the cats. It's getting quite dry for the growing plants however. The brilliant sun, gentle breezes and temperature of 84F 29C was good for just about anything, while the dry atmosphere made perspiration quite effective as a means of cooling those who over-exerted themselves. I see it's now time for me to stop thinking about fractals and artificial intelligence, and start exerting myself, at least a little. The fractal grass is starting to sway in the wind. Until next time, which will be tomorrow, take care, and be at peace in one piece. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com |
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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 20.0 PAR-FORMULA FILE==================================
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