FOTD -- January 15, 2009 (Rating 5)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Once again on Wednesday, too much work meant too little time for 
the FOTD.

Today's image shows a minibrot that appears to have something 
wrong with it.  The minibrot is located on a filament in the 
eastern suburbs of the large minibrot on the main stem of the 
four-dimensional HyperMandelbrot set.

Everything is normal until we approach the boundary of the 
minibrot, where instead of a sharp fractal edge, we find a fade-
off to a circular area of smoothness.  This might be an artifact 
of imprecision, but if so, it is the most precise imprecision I 
have ever come upon.

I rated the over-hurried image at a 5, and named it "Something 
is Wrong".  The calculation time of 26 seconds makes up for any 
lack of quality or lack of interest.

And as always, the finished image may be viewed on the FOTD web 
site at:

       

Wednesday at Fractal Central featured morning sun, afternoon 
clouds and evening snow, with a temperature of 18F -8C.  The 
fractal cats forgot the drafty window and found the heat.

My day was unfairly busy, but who ever said that life was fair?  
Due to the lateness of today's FOTD, the next FOTD could be 
posted in about 12 hours.  Until then, take care, and unfairness 
reigns supreme.


Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com


START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

Something_is_Wrong { ; time=0:00:26.37-SF5 on P4-2000
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basic.frm
  formulaname=HyperMandelbrot2 float=y
  center-mag=-1.742567447895688/+0.005947579792857/\
  3.93563e+007/1/-2.5/0 params=0/0/0/0/0.2/0/1e-090/0
  maxiter=2300 inside=0 logmap=65 periodicity=0
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  U9sYEtaJudOvhUwlzxrzyzzzz }

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=========================================  


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