FOTD -- April 11, 2011 (Rating New 8, Old 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is an improved sample of the type of minibrot that appeared in yesterday's FOTD. It is located rather deep on the southern side of East Valley of the Mandelbrot set, so deep in fact that it requires arbitrary precision math, which increases the calculation time by a factor of around 1500. But, at least in my opinion, the extra time is worth the effort. The image is an obvious example that not all minibrots at this depth are surrounded by little more than concentric circles of elements. The outer parts are obviously characteristic of the elements in East Valley, while the inner part shares the sharp spikes of a scene on the main spike. The minibrot at the center is not fully resolved. I left it un- resolved to improve the spacing of the color bands. The name "Split Personality" comments on the schizophrenic mix- ture of East Valley and main spike features surrounding a single minibrot. The rating of a new 8 is equal to the old rating of an 8. The calculation time of a lengthy 44 minutes is perhaps more time for some than the image is worth. But the wait may be avoided by viewing the finished image on the active FOTD web site at: <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> The original FOTD site may be accessed at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The address of my new FOTD web site will be posted in tomorrow's FOTD. The clouds continued here at Fractal Central on Sunday. The temperature of 59F 15C was about normal, but without sun the day brought little impression of spring. The fractal cats got into a spat during the afternoon, leaving Nicholas with a scratch on his head. A half-hour later all was back to normal however. The humans had an uneventful day, which is the way we like it. Most of the time was spent fine-tuning the new web site, a process that most likely will never be finished. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and I'm waiting for the government to grant me equality, but I'm not sure what I want to be made equal to. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Split_Personality { ; time=0:44:14.38-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=mandel center-mag=0.26758003792428\ 46212227875/-0.0039097831278057311114401/8.87e+020 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=5700 inside=0 logmap=2456 periodicity=6 colors=000GK_HK_IKZJKZKKZLKYMKYMKXNKXOKXPKWQKWRKVS\ KVTKVUKUVKUWJTXJTYJSZJS_JS`JRaJRbJQcJQdJQdJPeJPfJO\ gJOhJOiINjINkIMlIMmIMnILoILpIKqIKrIKsIJtIJuIIuIItI\ IsHHrHGqHGpGFnGFlGEjGEhFDgFDeFCcECbEB`EBZEAYDAWD9U\ D9TC8RC8PC7PC7OC7RE7UG7WI7ZK7aM7cO8fP9iQAkRAmRAkRA\ iQAgPAeOAcMAaKA_JAYJAWJAVIAVIAWIAWIAWHAXH9XH9XG8YG\ 8YG7TF9WE8YG7`J7bL6eN6gQ5jS5lU4oX4qZ3s`3q_4o_4n_5l\ _5jZ6iZ6gZ7eZ7dY8bY8`Y8_Y9YX9WXAVXATXBRWBQWCOWCSR9\ NWCI`FDeI8jL4uQ3rO3oN3lM3iK3fJ3cI3`H3YF3VE2SD2PC2M\ A2J92G82D72A5274243101222333443554664775885996AA6B\ B7CD8DE8FL`hoWzzUtqQrmSphUndVl_XjWZhS`fNadJcbEe`Ag\ Z6hY9fYBeYDcYGbYIaYK_YNZYPYXRWXUVXWTXYSX`RXbPXdOXf\ NUbNRZNOVNLRNJNNGJNDFNABN77N54N43R43U43Y43c43m43z4\ 3z43zDKzLizOkzRlzUnzXoz_pz_nz_lz_kz_izZhzcXecWgcUi\ cSkcRlcPnmOpmMrmFumHtvJtzLswNzwPzwQzrmzvmzzmzzmzzm\ zzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================