FOTD -- June 04, 2005 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's fractal takes the 'just under 2' theme of yesterday,s FOTD several steps further. The exponent of Z in today's fractal is 1.999999; the exponent of the extra C is 0.000001, resulting in a fractal that on the surface cannot be distinguished from the Mandelbrot set. But a close examination of the exposed negative stem reveals that things are not as they should be. What at first appears to be a single negative stem, turns out to be many. The splitting is not as chaotic as it is in fractals with exponents slightly greater than 2, but there are still many new scenes to be investigated in the area, especially in the East Valley area of the large main-stem midget, which is where today's scene was found. I have named today's image "Just-Under Brot" because its parent fractal is so close to being the Mandelbrot set, yet falls such a tiny bit short. The rating of a 7 is mostly due to the coloring, which I put some extra effort into. The render time of 3-1/2 minutes is fast enough for all but the most impatient fractalist, if there are such things as impatient fractalists, that is. The finished image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Rain fell most all day Friday here at Fractal Central, keeping the cats well ensconced indoors, where they passed the day on their window shelf, watching birds. A little extra tuna kept them from becoming too unhappy. Today is starting cloudy but dry, and it is warmer. The cats should approve. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and never stop searching for the universal fractal. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Just-Under-Brot { ; time=0:03:35.58--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=jim.frm formulaname=JimsCompMand center-mag=-1.74965828584687500/+0.000001348290590\ 31/1.002694e+008/1/167.5/-6.57347995682011632e-007 params=1.999999/0/1e-006/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=2000 inside=0 logmap=223 periodicity=10 colors=000H4HGBFHHE6KD2UC3UJ3UP3UW3Ua3Uh3Un3St6Rs9\ PrBNqELpHJoJHnMFmODmKHhHKdDN_AQW6TR3WN5aQ6fS8kU9pW\ HmTPjQXgNddKlaHt_EoYIkXMfVQbUUYTYURaPQeLPhIOgGOgDO\ gBOf8Of6Of4OfERdOUcXXaf_`oa_MxlKxgJxcIx_GxWFxSExOF\ oSFfVGYYGPaHGdH7gPEjXKlcQokWqsatzgvvfkseaodSlbIl_F\ hVCdRAbM7`H4VD2_C9dCGiCNnCUrC_hER_GIRIATMDUQGVTJWX\ MX`PYcRUdOQeMMfKJgHFhFBiD8jBFcFLYJRSMXLQbFUh9XcGUZ\ MSVSPQZNMdKHjIDpGMr7EZW7GsDHmIHgOHaTIWZIQcIKhIFeTJ\ bbN_lQYjQWiQUgQSfQ9me8meCigFeiIajLYlOUmRQoUMqXIr_E\ tbBu_DrXEpUFnRGkPHiMJzJKvGLkDM`BNZEMWHMTJMQMLOOLLR\ LITLGSKKRJORISQIWQH_PGcOFgOFkNEoNDsMCwMCzQBpUBfYAX\ aANe9Di93kKHmVVoehpoulpsipqfpocpm`pkYpiVqgSqePqcMq\ aJq_GqYDqXZlSsgNrhMqhMqiMpiMojMojMnjMmkMmkMllMklMl\ lMmkPmjRmjTmiVmhYmh_mgamhcmiekjdikcglbemacn`ao__pZ\ YqYWrXUsWStVQuUPvTQwSPxUOyWNzXMzZLz_KzaJzbJzdIzeHz\ gGzhFzjEzkDzmDznJzoJzFKzG } frm:JimsCompMand {; Jim Muth z=c=pixel: z=z^p1*(c^p2)+c, |z| <= p3+100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================