There are many ways to interpret a fractal ; a diode does appear simplistic , however this is a building block of the transistor and logic circuits . The resonant LCr diode circuit exhibits chaotic behavior with period doubling occuring at the intervals expected ; until drowned out by possibly 1/f noise . An even simpler linear circuit consisting of a metal plate with high resistance connections around the boundary is used by various high energy research institutes , possibly CERN , to measure particular characteristics of particles . This information goes a fair way to proving or disproving a number of theories , including string & quantum theories . ----- Original Message ----- From: JackOfTradeZ@comcast.net To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [Fractint] Diode Brings back memories - I'm an electronix tinkerer from way back, nothing recent though, just computers etc. "" Why attempt this ; because a better , more interesting insight might be obtained . Has anyone on this list delved into this ?"" If anyone can code the diode equation into something the fractint formula parser can understand, and make a "diode" fractal, and it loox cool enuf, I will try to animate it. It seems that many natural phenomenon, (like chemistry, my profession), can be modelled to some extent with fractals, often leading to interesting and unexpected results. stay amazed! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fractint mailing list Fractint@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint