FOTD -- May 22, 1016 (Rating A-7,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image shows a scene in the parent fractal that results when Z^(2) and Z^(-1) are blended. Since there is no such thing as a minibrot of a negative unity order, (it would have negative-two main bays), all minibrots reach a floor at the quadratic level, with one lobe. Today's minibrot did its best to be impressive, but I had to add some Fractint special effects to bring it up to FOTX worthiness. Rendering the image with the inside set to 'bof60' and the outside set to 'fmod' gave it just enough bells and whistles to make it worth being declared FOTX for May 22. The reason for the name "MothEaten Minibrot" will become clear when the three minute parameter file is run in Fractint. The next FOTD, which very possibly might be posted in two days or sooner, will feature a fractal between quadratic and cubic that has no discontinuities and has enough zooms to make the most dedicated fan of zooming leap for joy. It rained almost all day here at Fractal Central today, forcing myself and FL to spend the day indoors with the fractal cats. Until next time, take care, and trying to squeeze the quantum world into the world of classic Newtonian common sense is as futile as trying to squeeze a 4-dimensional hypercube into the 3-dimensional world without distorting it. Yet this is what the different interpretations of QM are apparently trying to do. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= MothEaten_Minibrot { ; time=0:03:14.60 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-0.219974943536/+1.166215418628/775/1/\ 4.75/0 params=-1/6.25/10/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof60 outside=fmod logmap=yes periodicity=6 colors=000000gRP`XQUcQNiRGpSzzSGUL1JE7EFD6ZJ4hO2rW\ CjcLbkUWzcclWSlWQgVNbUKZTHUSFPRCLQ9GP6CP4AUA8ZF6cK\ 4hQ2mV1r_5la8gcCbeFYfIShMNjPIlSDm_IafNRgKPhINiFLzT\ JjBHgEGdGGaIG_KGXMGUOGSQGPTFMVFJXFHZFE`FBbF9dFGeKM\ ePSfUYfZcfbbe`ae_`eZ_eYZeXYeWXdVWdUVdTUdSTdRSdQRdP\ QcOPcNOcMNcLMcKLcJLcIkeHgfGchG_iFWjFSkFQ`RPQaOFlN4\ wM9tLDqLHnKLkKQhJUeJYcIa`HeYHjVGnSGrPFvMFzKHsIImGJ\ gFLaDtWCzPAPJ8QD7R75S14R26z37Rz8Q5AQ6BQ7Cz8DUAMYCU\ aEbeGjZJhSMfLOdERb8Ta9VW9WR9YL9ZGA_FB_EC`ED`DDaDEa\ CFbBGbBHcAHcAId9Jd8Ke8Le7Le7LfALfDLgGLgJLhLLhOLiRL\ iULjXLjZLkaLkdLlgLljLmlLmoLnrLnuLoxLozOnxQmwSlvVku\ XjtZirahzcgzefzgezjdzlcznbzqazs`zu_zwZzuYzsYzqYzoY\ zmYzkYziYcgYbeYbcYbaYaNEsLEsKEsJEsIEsHEqGEoGEmFEkF\ EiEEhEEfDEdDEbCE`CE_DF`EFaEGbFGcGHdGHdHIeIIfIJgJJh\ KKiKKiMLhNLgOMfPMeQNdSNcTObUOaVP`WP_YQZZQY_RX`RWaR\ VTQTKQSBQR2QQ3NR3LS4JTnKO } frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================