FOTD -- September 15, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: A rather busy day on Monday here at Fractal Central means a short discussion and no philosophy. But today's image means a moment of fun, and the incredibly brief calculation time of 46 seconds means the fun will come with minimum effort. The image lies in the parent fractal that exists when the Z^2 Mandelbrot set is about half-way through the process of morphing into the Z^(4.5) Mandeloid. I will not try to describe the par- ent fractal, though I will comment that today's image is located in the infinitely divided network of filaments just east of one of the two main minibrots near the negative X-axis. The name "Coming Together" can mean whatever the viewer would like it to. The rating of a 7 means that the image is just enough above average to make it interesting. The 3/4 minute calculation time may be avoided by surfing out to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and perusing the finished image there. Monday was a fair enough day here at Fractal Central, though a few too many clouds were overhead. The fractal cats approved of the temperature of 77F 25C but wanted more sun on the shelf by the window. My day was peaceful but rather busy. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and keep asking the questions. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Coming_Together { ; time=0:00:46.35-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=NewDivideBrot function=recip inside=0 center-mag=-2.649698550476496/+0.1051131773869893/\ 1.197514e+013/1/-35/0 params=4.5/1.5 float=y maxiter=3600 periodicity=10 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000muLoZeqDyySMpAch7d`5dU3dZDUcNKgWA_CadMTi\ VLndDlcetvhssZsqProFckuklVSASZKMeUGlcAZSrR`e`eTiiH\ rsR0izNSCY_9hf7Gsgei9qJOrUHrcB4l4Hm5Um5fm5FT6T_5ef\ 5DO`RXQdeFZRIB_oQd_diK6O9V`7L9fUKXaUOjcEUDm`NafWRl\ dGlPinYWpeIKNva`WKthapPgdEkgBoj8JXkSa``eQiiF2HGKSC\ ab8nR6pZ5qf5q15_MXfWNldEsRXcrMkoD2GtKSbabMUp7bo6jn\ 5ry`n0rfN4jW5nd51h1IJd`ZNGhuTjcelMOgn54wMKdbZNYP8d\ Y7ke6mJOoRJpZEqf9oQwpWiqaWrgIMZi2BXGLQTVJedCwuktqQ\ crrhpamnLAqBPo9cn78yHKvEWsBgp8qpurocrnMItMSrH`pDin\ 9R00dP3qlhrmVrmI7y6Jv5Vs5fp5uIRtQLsYGreASnd`mTAAcA\ AbAAaF3_0FU000h0VnCApV7XLGbTDg_Amf7pQ6qW5qa5rg5SvC\ `s9ip7Ib7I61SH2`S3ib4mgkoi`pjQqlF1dEFgBSi9ek7eLQiT\ Kl_FofA3dYqoorncrnSrmGdMJhTFk_Cof8fwFjsBnp8zDRzTJz\ gC98BLJ9WO8gX6czzNufbqOpbqqf`rjLb0OhHHmYBXlE5bKKZ_\ afKHa5Ue5fi5U4pfRT7tmVpRpJWqZIUH1uuATKAYB_VPQA8ZMJ\ RXTKgcCsjLrlDodIaOPeZOijM } 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=========================================