FOTD -- September 02, 2009 (Rating 6) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I'm sorry to let down the philosophy fans waiting with bated breath to read my ghost story and doubt that I saw an actual ghost, but there is simply too much work piled up to write a proper story. Tomorrow will once again be quite busy, so the ghost adventure will probably not be posted until Sep 4. Meanwhile we have a fractal as a consolation prize. Today's image was created when I combined various negative portions of Z^(-1.04) and Z^(-5.5) then added (1/C). The parent fractal is a grossly oversized continent, lying in an infinite ocean, with a bulb on its eastern shore line. Today's image is located deep in this bulb, though the bulb is so large that the actual magnitude of the image is a modest 616. I named the image "Seventh Instar" for no apparent reason. I rated it at a 6 because I don't consider it worth any more. The calculation time of under 4 minutes will pass so fast that it will barely be noticeable. Those who can still notice the time may find relief on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> where the completed image is posted for speedy gratification. Absolutely perfect though rather chilly conditions prevailed here at Fractal Central on Tuesday, with a near cloudless blue sky and temperature of 70F 21C. The fractal cats would have enjoyed the afternoon sun on their shelf, if they had not been so occupied with their catnip toys. My day was very busy. Tomorrow is expected to be very busy again, so do not be sur- prised if the FOTD is late or abbreviated. Until whenever, take care, and when a person views one of those optical-illusion line drawings of a cube that appears to turn inside-out and back again, in their minds they are actually rotating the cube in 4-D space around the plane through the center of the cube. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Seventh_Instar { ; time=0:03:51.73-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip float=y center-mag=-146.4881370706049/+859.5083389189768/\ 615.9855/1/-102.5/0 params=-4/-1.04/-1/-5.5/0/0/0/0 maxiter=5700 inside=0 logmap=-700 periodicity=10 colors=000qsipriprioqhpphnqjppjmqljqmgrodsqasrZttW\ uvTuwPuuUssZqrcomhmhkkcniZmfUmcPl`KkYFkVAjS7iP7hM7\ hJ7gG7fD7fF7cHD`JIYRNVYTSeYPlbNm_MmYLmWKmUJmSImQGm\ OFmMEmKDmICmGBmEAmCElDHkEKkFNjGQjHTiIWhJZhKagLdgMg\ fNjfNggQdhTaiVZjYWk`TlbRmeOnhLojIpmFqpCrr9su7swBtq\ EtlHufLuaOvXRvRVwMYwG`xBcx6_u8XsAUqCRoEOmGLkIIhKFf\ MCdO9bQ6`S3ZTBPqAIv9BzBHrCMjDSbEXWlekjfhifezzbzz_z\ zXzzVzzHzz3zz4zz4zz5zz5zz5zz6zz6zz6zzBzzGzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzgzzbzzYzzTz\ zOzzJzzEzz9zz4zzBzzIzzKzzMzzOzzQzzSzzUzvWzvWziWzXW\ zKUzTTz`RzhQzpSznTzmUzkVzjWzhXzgVzcTz`RzXPzUNzRLzN\ JzKHzHIzOJzUKz_LzfMzlNzrMzkLzeKz_JzTIzNHzHHzBEzMBz\ X8zf7zX7zO7zFHzHQzJWzH`zGfzFkzDqzCvzBgzR`zLUzGNzBH\ z6zzmtzfnz`hzUbzOXzHRzBMz5QzFTzPXzZ_zhKzgPziUzjZzk\ czmhznmzoqzpmzqizrezsbzsWzsQzsKzsOzqSzpWzn_zmczldz\ jezifzhazgXzgTzgOzfJzfFzf } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; 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)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================