FOTD -- September 27, 2009 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is late for the usual Saturday reasons. It's a scene deep in a spurious valley on the negative X-axis of the parent fractal, which is an oversized Mandelbrot set just starting to change into a Z^3 Mandeloid. The rating of a 7 is what I consider the image worth; the name "Absolute Minimum" means almost anything one may wish. The calculation time of 7 minutes will pass like a freight train, so why not side track the train by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at. <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Morning clouds gave way to steady afternoon rain here at Fractal Central on Saturday, while the fractal cats' hope gave way to disappointment. The chilly temperature of 59F 15C added to their discomfort. My day was somewhat below average yet not too bad. The next FOTD will be posted in about 8 hours. At least I hope so. Until then, take care, and check back here later. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Absolute_Minimum { ; time=0:06:59.30-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=NewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=-3.866279368698615/-0.00000085627868251\ /9.63e+011/1/-90/0 params=3/3 mathtolerance=0.05/1 periodicity=10 maxiter=3200 inside=0 logmap=847 colors=000veKpdKkcKgbKeaKc`Ka_KbYKcWKdUKeSKfQKgOKh\ MKiKKiILiGLiDMhBMg8Mg6Ng3Nf1Nd2Md3Mc3Mc4Mc5Mb5Mb6M\ d7Lg7Lh8Li9Lh9LhALhALeFKcKJ`OJYTIWXHTaHQeGNjFLnFNh\ JObMPYQQSTRMWSH_TBbU6eTOUSdITeLUfNVfQWgSWgUXhXYiZZ\ ia_jc_jeZldZncZpbZrbZtaZv`Zx_Zz_WwWTtTQqQNnNKkKHhG\ EeDBbA8_76X48Z8A`BCbEEcHGeLIgOKhRMjUOlXQn`SocUqfWs\ iXtlYpkZmk_jj`gjacib`icYhdVheRhfOggLghIfiEfjBek8el\ 5e_`lSJOL10K44J78zzCzwFztJzmNzcQzUUvPYmR`cPYUNWKLT\ CJRBHOBGMCILDKLEMKFNKGPKIRJLTJOUIRWIUYIX_H_bHbeGeh\ KhkOknSnqWqt_tucrugqsjoqlmoolmrjkuiiwfftcdq`bnY`lV\ ZiSWfPUdMSaJQZHOXKMVMLTPKRRJPUHNVGLXFJYEH_CF`BDcAB\ e99g87hCCiFGjJLjMPkQUmTYoXap_frcjzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzn`\ zlVzjPzhJzfDzdezbJc`PP__AZZFYYKXYOVZPTzPR_zP`QNazL\ aRKbRIczGcSEdTCezAeU8fz7zU9czB`zDZzEzzGUWIRzKPXLMz\ NKzPHYQFzTHzVJ_XLz_NaaPzcRzeTzhVzjXzlZzn`zqbzszzuf\ zwgzqizlkzflzanzTrzNgzHXz } 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=========================================