FOTD -- February 24, 2014 (Rating A-7,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a scene in an oversized parent Mandelbrot set that is just beginning to be corrupted in its depths by Z^(2.5) energies. The image lies at the edge of the infinitely divided main spike in the East Valley of the largest minibrot. The name "Ants in the Fractal" came about when for some reason I had the impression of spider webs and a colony of ants swarming through the depths of the image. The art rates a 7, mostly because I think the colors are kind of classy. The math rating of a 7 shows that the math trick is a relatively new one. The calculation time of only one minute will pass quickly once the colors become visible. And as always, calculation may be avoided entirely by checking the image on the web sites. The image is posted online at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> A mix of clouds and sun with a high temperature of freezing made today typical of late February here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats enjoyed the sunny periods, but eventually became annoyed by the frequent fade-outs and decided to settle on the humans' couch. Meanwhile, the humans had another in the endless string of uneventful days. The next FOTD will be posted in the foreseeable future. Until then, take care, and it would take a space ship moving at the speed of light four years to reach the nearest star, which is four light-years away. How long would it take a ship moving at twice the speed of light to reach the same star? Jim (it might be a trick question) Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Ants_in_the_Fractl { ; time=0:01:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm formulaname=NewDivideBrot function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-349.3236921326195/+0.08510279962880307\ /5550/1/-175/0 params=2.5/200 float=y maxiter=1800 inside=0 logmap=75 periodicity=6 colors=000NBXOCXPDYREZTF_UGaVHcXIe_JgaMacQWeUQgWKi\ YEk_8l_3kb4pd4qf5xi5zk6zo6zr7zu7zzUAJGEcQMkUJgQGaM\ DVIBPF8JB5C7263zzcPT09gY4MHPkaKcVGWPCOJ8GC486ILfFI\ `DFWBDQ9AL67G45A225TcNLUHbKBnA5z4rj3dV2RF1DfKW_HRU\ EMOBII8DC59624BlW9cQ7WL5OG3GA185KTfGOZDJSAEL69E347\ eHDZEASB8L86E54722j6Wv1xm0oe0fX0YP0QG0H808VHfQE_MC\ UH9OD7I84C426ai7Wb6RW5LQ4GJ3AD25614rd3gW2XO1MG0B8m\ 9rm7hm6_m4Rm3Im19JNvGJmDGeADm89m56z23zA7z8KL7KI6UF\ 5UC3U92U61U3Iy89c4XZgSU`NPVIKPEFI9AC45z8kZ6aS4SL3J\ E1c7UjwKVcAFK2nL1aF1PA0C5aYWXTSSPONcKJcGEcC9c84c4K\ gJG_FDcCmc96c63c3LveHlZEbSioLonPumThccWVcJccmUcIcc\ mcccmczUcccc9mcdcciUcmccqccicczUczcmzUmzcmzcmzUmzc\ mzcmzcmzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzmKzm0zm0zm0zm0zm0zm0z\ m0zm0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zz0zzczzczzczzczzczzczzc\ zzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzczzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:NewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b)+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================