This got me thinking (a rare occurance and not without its dangers). Our fractals are mostly based on the micro-interactions of the real and imaginary components of a complex number. Has anyone explored using very imaginary numbers (ie n^4 = -1) or where a very complex number has the form ax + biy + cjz (where j^4 = -1). Or further extensions into any power of 2 = -1. too hot here for anything but such meandering musings. db

-----Original Message----- From: Jim Muth [mailto:jamth@mindspring.com]

Would fractals exist if there had been no intelligent beings in the universe to find them? Would the potential for fractals exist if there had been no intelligent beings to invent numbers? And what of numbers? Could they exist without having been inven- ted by a human type of intelligence?