FOTD -- May 18, 2011 (Rating ?) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: The version of today's discussion that appears on the FOTD web site includes material that may be offensive to certain sensitive individuals and has been omitted from this fractal- topic version. I gave today's extreme-magnitude image no rating. How could I rate it when I'm not even sure it's real? Oh, the image itself is real enough, but is it an actual fractal or just an artifact of mathematical imprecision? In the end, it doesn't really matter whether the image is real or an artifact. If it's an artifact, it's a real artifact, and with its ever-increasing series of rings, it makes a rather interesting figure. The image is located inside the usually-empty bay of a minibrot in the Seahorse Valley area of the Mandelbrot set. Those who doubt this may back out of the scene and prepare for a surprise. The name "Questioned Reality" refers to the questionable reality of the entire image, and also to the questionable reality of what we call the 'real' world. The calculation time of 5-3/4 minutes may be bypassed by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> The high-definition image is available at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The classic original FOTD web site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> Heavy clouds and continued intermittent light rain prevailed again here at Fractal central on Tuesday. The fractal cats kept dry indoors, but wished the outdoor temperature could have gone above the actual high of 63F 17C. The humans kept busy doing other things. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and does it take a brain to make a mind or a mind to make a brain? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Questioned_Reality { ; time=0:05:47.01-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 passes=1 center-mag=-0.75836030827917080/+0.076845311784048\ 33/1.790637e+013/1/-56/0 params=0/0/0/0/0.77/0/\ 1e-100/0 float=y maxiter=1600 periodicity=0 inside=0 logmap=1008 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000B48C37C36D35D24E23E22E21K89JHHIQPHZXGZdF\ _aNYgUXcSYaRX_PVZOSXMOWLLUPIPKAKA5A0002Sc1Rg0Rk8Qm\ FPoMOpUNr`MsgLunKvkNqiQmfTidWebZa`XbZVcXUcVSdTQeRP\ ePNfNQfNUeMceLmeKpeLqeMncMiaNd_O_YOWWSZZWa`_dcbgef\ jgjmjnpmrsrvvvzzzB8j98h78f58d38b18`08ZABTKENTHHmQB\ kP5jK9jFCiBGi8Jh4Nh1Q_CPRMOJWOAeN2oNBcHKSBTG5`40b9\ 5dDAfIFhMKjQPebT`nWiPZr0ar3dr6fr8irBkrEnrGprJsrLuj\ m3fVkiSilQhoOgrLfuJewHdsKcpNclQbiSbfVbbYa_`aXbaWdX\ VfTVhPUjKTlGTmCQpPNs`KvmIyyPwxVux`txgrwmqwsowynwum\ prlinkbkkWgjPdiIaiCUhRMgeEgtFfpFfmFeiFefFecFd_FdXF\ dUJZVNUWRPXVKYYFY`GTbHPeIKgJGjKBlL7nM3RgWO_VLTVIMV\ GFVIIUJLULOUMRTOUTPXTQZTUUQYQNaLKeHIiDFm8Cq49t07s9\ 6sH6sQ5rY5rf4rn4emETlNGkWCnQ9pL6sG3uB0w67sE6jS5beF\ ZdOVcYScfOboLblQajV`h_`fd_dh_aia_ibXjcVjdb`hjRlqIo\ nFqkDshBte8vb6w_4yY2zQ3lI3ZA4L2486JBAYEEkGFhKGfNHd\ QIbUJ`XKZ_LXbMVfet7mw7UW8 } frm:HyperMandelbrot2 {; periodicity must be turned off a=(p1),b=(p2): q=sqr(a)-sqr(b)+pixel, b=(p3+2)*a*b+p4, a=q, |a|+|b| <= 100 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================