FOTX -- May 26, 2016 (RatingA-8.5,M-7.5 ) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image shows a scene in a parent fractal that on its surface is an everyday quadratic M-set. But this parent is contaminated in its depths by cubic energies. The location is in the northern of the two East Valleys (Elephant Valleys) of the large minibrot on the main spike of the parent M-set, which lies at the depth where the cubic contamination first appears. But even at today's rather deep magnitude the cubic energies have not yet been totally absorbed by the cubic, which is visible in the subtle 3-6-9-27.... rather than the expected 3-9-27.... series of arms surrounding the minibrot. I rated the art aspect at an honorable 8.5, since I'm starting to work off the rust and get back into the well-oiled world of fractals worth being considered art. The math does not do too bad either. The rating of a 7.5 is right up there with the big-time images. The name "Caught in a Fantasy" is simply a statement of fact. After all, what are fractals if they are not manifestations of the things numbers do, just as the real world, whose ultimate reality I now consider questionable, appears to be when we look deeper into the quantum. Actually, the more I delve into QM, the more confused I become. Just this morning I read on the internet that all electrons are exactly the same, so that they basically ARE the same electron, which means that in a sense there is only one electron in the universe, and it is therefore questionable to use the word 'electron' in the plural sense. It might be better to think of an electron as a local manifestation of a universal field. This seemed clear enough until I read on another site that some think there could be changeable values hidden in electron(s), and if this were so, it would make some puzzling quantum facts more sensible. But then I wondered how all electrons can be considered identical if they also may have variable attributes hidden within them. The only thing for sure now is that I am far from grasping quantum theory. Things went fairly smoothly here at Fractal Central today. The weather was partly cloudy with a temperature of 88F 31C and higher but still not oppressive humidity. A few showers threatened in the evening but never materialized. The next FOTX will appear in a day or two or three. Until whenever, take care, and maybe the quantum world is a huge fractal. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= CaughtIn_a_Fantasy { ; time=0:09:57.31 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.732538551815778/+0.00333684727842454\ /1.2e+012/1/-132.5/0 params=3/30/0/0 logmap=256 maxiter=2000 inside=0 float=y mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00030940A50B70C90DB0ED0FE0GF0HF0IF0JF0KF0LF\ 1MF2NF3OF4PF5QF6RF7SF7TF8UE9UDATCASBAQAAP9AN89M7AK\ 6BJ5CI4DG3EF7FD6GC5GB7EE9DHBCKDBNFBQHBTJBWLBZNAaP9\ dR8gT7jV6mX5pZ4sU3vK2xA2u02r02o02l02j02g02d02a02_4\ 2X12U02R02P07Q5CR6GS8LT9PUBUYDZaEbeMgiUkmcpqmtwwpz\ mlzchz_dnW`hYXi_TkaPldLnfHphDqj9sl5twfEtdGqcIobKl`\ Mi_OgZPdXRaWT_VVXTXVSYSR_PPaNOcKNeHLgFKhCJj9Hl7Gn4\ Fp2EqDKrJPrPUrWZsbdsiksikqhipggofdmealc_kcXjbVhZUg\ WSfSQdNPcKNbILaGK_EIZCGYBFWADV9BU8AT79T68U58V47W36\ W25X14Y04Y0CZ0PZFZ_Eh_Ei_FjZFk_FlZFmZFoZFqZFsZFuZF\ wYFwYFwYFwYGmYGcYGXYGTXGPXGNXNLXUJXcHXzszzaSrAUmDV\ hGWcJNZMOUPOeSP`UPFTQOSQ6RR7RR7QR8PSaOS9NTaMTBLUBK\ UCKUDJVDIVbHWFGWFFXGEXW91UA5SA8RBBUBEZCHcCLhDOmDRr\ EUwAWzFXzKXzPXzUXzUXzUXzUXzZXzcXzhXzmXzrXzvXzzXzzX\ zzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzXzzPzzQzzQzzRzzRzz\ RzzSzzSzzTzzTzzTzzUzzCzz9 } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================