FOTD -- May 08, 2007 (Rating 8) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: I was very busy on Monday, installing a new computer in Fractal Central, so today's discussion will be very brief. When the new machine is up and running, the old one, a P4-2000, will become the fractal-dedicated unit. The current fractal machine, an ancient P200, will go into a well-deserved stand-by mode. Today's image lies in the fractal that results when 4 negative parts of Z^(-1.4142) are combined with 1 negative part of Z^(-5.6568), which not accidentally happens to equal 4*(sqrt(2)). Since I think the image is quite good considering the brief time spent in finding it, I felt justified in rating it at an 8. The biggest mystery is why I named it "The Great Mystery". The calculation time of 6-1/2 minutes is brief enough to offend no one. But an even quicker way of seeing the image is to visit the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> and view it there. The weather on Monday here at Fractal Central was absolutely perfect. We enjoyed cloudless skies, light winds and a tempera- ture of 72F 22C, while the fractal cats enjoyed dashing up and down the long hallway. My day was quite busy setting up the new computer. The next FOTD will appear in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and are numbers subjective or objective? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= The_Great_Mystery { ; time=0:06:30.36--SF5 on a P200 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.95141712305070700/-0.472460238730924\ 50/1.050304e+008/1/-177.5/-7.50206761788718701e-005 params=-4/-1.4142/-1/-5.6568/0/1e+100/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=bof61 outside=real periodicity=10 colors=000_FdcBdg7ek4e`GgRSiGck6omRXekEZfSiaetY`uU\ WuQRvMMvIHwECwOLoYUhgbaqkVztOqnLihJacHTYFLSDDNBHZK\ LiTPtaNgdMVfKIiJ5kH6lG7mE8mD8nC9oAAo9Bp8BpG8iO5bW2\ XU4WT6WS8WRAWQBWUEVYHU`JTdMShPRkRQoUPrWPpUPnSPlQPj\ OPhMPfKPdIPX4jWN`VeRVxHY9LTPHOdEKtBJu9HV9wt5HV9hl6\ HV9agCBSEUaHGOKNWNPTPIOKGJGFEBD97C43B5CB5LB5TQ6aQz\ zQrzQzzj2egA_eIVqcQaXL_UGYkBWs6Uz1QoBMeKJVTFLbBAk8\ 0tE8mKGgPO`VWV`cOekImJYpKarKdtLgvLkxMnzMqpWtfdwYmy\ zzzpqsfkmXegNZaDTW3NQ9mzEJaJzgOGmcEzmDz`OdcYLfg2db\ 5cZ8bVB`RE_NHZJJcYOgkTkyXcr_WkbOeeGZh8TkQeZgqMelQc\ gUabY_ZaYUeWPiULlbRbVWfO_jHcnS`fbYZdbaegcglfhqhiuj\ iuiiuhjqgjngjkgjggjdgjagjZgkVgkSgkPgkLgkIgkFgkCgiE\ fgGfeIedKebMd`Od_QcYScWUbVWbTYaR_aQa`Oc`Me_Lg_MeZM\ cZMbYN`YNZYNYXNWXOUXOTWORWOQWPUSPXPP`MQcIQgFQjCRn8\ Rq5Rt2UiEXZQZO`aDlc2w`3rZ4mW5hU6cR7ZP8UN9QPBSQDUSF\ WTHXVJZWL`YNaSIcRLbRNbWJc } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================