FOTD -- March 03, 2008 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Sunday was not too busy here at Fractal Central.  When the 
necessary work was finished, I gave myself a well-deserved break 
in front of the TV.

Today's fire-and-brimstone image takes us to the minus-zexpe 
fractal, where (-Z) is raised to the power of the number 
epsilon.  This parent fractal resembles a Mandelbrot set that is 
splitting at both its east and west ends.  Today's scene is 
located in a valley inside a bud on the northwest shore of the 
main bay of the parent.

Though today's image was created with the MandelbrotMiN formula, 
there are actually an infinity of zexpe fractals to explore when 
the MandelbrotBC formulas are used.  There are so many in fact 
that I might make March the month of the zexpes.

I named today's image "Epsilon to the Fore" for no particular 
reason.  I rated it a 6 because I could find little in it that 
might be worth more.  The calculation time of 3-1/2 minutes is a 
bit slow, but the wait can be avoided by viewing the finished 
image on the FOTD web site at:

       

Warm sun, only a few thin clouds and a temperature of 41F 5C 
made Sunday rather pleasant here at Fractal Central.  The 
fractal cats spent the day lounging in the sun and asking for 
food.  I spent the day watching TV, which as long as it is not 
carried to an extreme, can be quite a pleasant occupation.

The next glorious (IMO) FOTD fractal will appear in 24 hours.  
Until then, take care, don't claim there is no reason when you 
don't know the reason, and don't be surprised if nothing turns 
out to be everything.


Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com


START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:MandelbrotMiN {; Jim Muth
b=p1, z=p2, c=p3+pixel:
z=(-z)^(b)+c,
|z| <= 16 }  END PARAMETER FILE========================================= 


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