FOTD -- January 01, 2010 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: For the first FOTD of the second decade of the 21st Century (thus the name) we venture rather deep into the west side of the northern branch of Seahorse Valley of an everyday Mandelbrot set that has order-9 characteristics in its deeper regions. Since we are already in the deeper regions, the higher-order nature of the minibrot in the image is in full manifestation. But things have become rather scrambled around the edges, where the quadratic stuff merges with the order-9 stuff in a haphazard way. The rating of an 8 might be a bit exaggerated, but it's been so long since the last 8-rated image that I decided to be generous. The calculation time of 10 minutes is not exaggerated however. For relief of resulting impatience, check the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Thursday here at Fractal Central began with light snow. By the time it ended just before noon, 2 inches 5cm had piled up. The rest of the day was cloudy with a few snow flurries and a temper- ature of 34F +1C, which made clearing the sidewalk almost a pleasure. The fractal cats found the lack of sun anything but pleasurable however. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours, or in the next decade, whichever comes first. Until then, take care, and as I often wonder, is our culture addicted to science? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= First_of_theSecond { ; time=0:10:10.11-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=AllNewDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=-0.7506532104990302/+0.0208186341835746\ /5e+011/1/15/0 params=9/9e+019 mathtolerance=0.05/1 maxiter=7500 inside=0 logmap=1225 periodicity=6 colors=000cczbcyacx`cw_duZdsYdqXdoWemVekUfiUfgVfeW\ gcYgaZh_`iYajXbkXdlWemWgnWhoWjpWkpWlqWnrWosVqtVruV\ svVuwVvxVxyVyzVyzVyyVxxVxwUxwUwvUvvVuuXtu_stXssTrr\ QqqMqpJpoFpoComBnkAmi9lh8kf7jd6ib5ia5jb5kc5ld5me5n\ f5og5ph5qi5rj5sk5sk5ljBfiH_iNUhSNgYHgcAfi4fn5cl5`k\ 6Zi6Wh7Tf7Re8Pg8Oh8Mj8Lk8Jl8In8Go8FpDIoHLnLOmPRlTU\ lXXkaZjeaiidimghqjgumfyofwjbueZs`VrXRpSOnNKmJGkECi\ 98h55i66i77i78i89i8Ai9Aj9BjAClBDmBEnCEoCFoDGnDHmEI\ lEIiDKgCLeBNcAOa9P`8RZ7SX6TW5VU4WT4XR6VP8TN9RLBPJC\ NIELGFJEHHCJFAKD9MB7N95P73Q51S30T2QSWnSyoRupQrqQor\ PkrPhsOetOauNZuNWlNZdNaWNdONfwRcnT_fVXZWURYQJ_NB`K\ CZMDYNEXPFWQGVSHUTISUJRWKQXLPZMO_NN`J7iQGaXPVcYOd_\ Pe`PfbPgcQidQjfQkgRliRmjRnkSomSpnSroTsqTtrTutUzwSv\ uUwvUxxVvyVrzGmzHmzKmzPmzUmzZQzcRzhTzmUzrVzvWzzZzz\ WzzZzzazzdzzgzzjzzmzzpzzszzuzzwzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } frm:AllNewDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=b*(z^2*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < 1000000 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================