FOTD -- September 18, 2009 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is the third in the same area of the same parent fractal. The confusion is obvious. The parent fractal came about when portions of Z^3 and Z^4 were mixed together, so where does the Z^6 minibrot on the left come from? And what is it doing right next to a Z^3 minibrot? This is not the only problem. On the filament connecting the two large minibrots lies another minibrot, this one a near- perfect Z^2 one. I'm not about ready to try to determine what's going on here. I simply think it makes a rather interesting image, interesting enough to be the FOTD for today. And I'll continue to examine this area in the next few FOTD's. Though I gave the image no rating, if I had rated it, I would have given it a rating around a 6. The name "Mass Confusion" refers to the puzzle of the wrong minibrots. The calculation time of an incredibly brief 21 seconds will make running the included parameter file almost a pleasure. For total pleasure surf to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view the finished image there. Far too many clouds were overhead here at Fractal Central on Thursday, and the temperature of 66F 19C was not quite warm enough for cat comfort. The additional problem of early morning rain made the day pretty much a bust. The fractal cats made the most of things but were obviously annoyed when the afternoon sun failed to warm their window shelf. My day was average. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and search for the quantum solution. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Mass_Confusion { ; time=0:00:16.22-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=ident center-mag=-0.352018653/-0.000853932/4434.36/1/72/0 params=1/4/2/3/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 logmap=22 periodicity=10 colors=00000000000000000000000000070370165B6AK5FU5\ Kb5OkDUmL_rTeu`oznwzzzzxrvsltogrj`pfUnbNmfQjiThmWe\ pYcgP`_HYS8VK0TH9XFH`DQdBYh9fl7np9pjBqeDs_FtVHuPJw\ KLxENy9RsFUmKXgQ_aVbW`eRehPdkOdnMdqLdh40Z5DP6PF7`N\ 8cV9fa9iiAlqBoxBr1Toeatb_l`ZeZXZXWSVVLTTERS7PR0ZU1\ cW1hZ2m`2r_5vZ7zYAzXCzWEzVHzUJzULzVKzWJzXIzYIzZHz_\ Gz`FzaFz`Gz_HzZIzYJzXKzWLzVLzXMzZNz_OzaPzcQzdQzbUz\ `XzZ_zYbzWfzUizSlzRozQjzPfzOazNYzMTzLPzLLzz_zzbzzf\ zzizzlzzpzzszzvzzrzznzzjzzfzzczz_zzWzzSzzOzzLzzHzz\ Dzz9zz6zzAzzDzzGzzJzzMzzPzzSzzVzzYzz`zlczofzriztlz\ uizvgzwezxczy`zzZzzXzzVzzTzzSzzRzzROzQQzQSzPVzOXzO\ ZzNazNczMezMfzNgzNhzOhzOizPjzPjzQkmQloRlqRmsQmuPnw\ PnzOozOozNpzNpzMqzMqzLrzLrzKrzKqzJqzIqzIqzHqzHqzGq\ zGpzFpzEpzEpzDpzDpzCpzCnzDlzDjzEhzEfzFezFczFazG_zG\ YzHWzHVzHWzKWzMWzOWzRWzTWzVWzYWz_WzaWzdWzfWzhWzjYz\ hZzf_zd`zbaz`bz_czYdzWezU } 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=========================================