FOTD -- April 15, 2014 (Rating A-7,M-7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is located very deep in the chaos just beyond the large minibrot on the main spike of a Mandelbrot set severely corrupted by cubic energies. I named it "An Unexpected Answer" for no logical reason. And why not? Fractals have no logical reason for existing in the first place. The art and math aspects both rate a satisfactory 7, which will seem even more satisfactory when the image finishes calculating in a fireball one minute. The fire may be avoided by viewing the finished image on one of the FOTD web sites. The finished image is posted at: <http://www.crosscanpuzzles.com/Archives.html> <http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html> <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> <http://user.xmission.com/~legalize/fractals/fotd/about.html> Heavy clouds and steady rain spoiled any slim hopes of outdoor activity here at Fractal Central today. The temperature fell from a high of 68F 20C at 6am to a low of 36F +2C at post time, with a forecast low tonight of 23F -5C. The fractal cats disapproved heartily of the sudden chill and asked for an extra treat of tuna to raise their spirits. The fractal humans, still with doubts that the right suspects were apprehended in the Boston bombing, were rather morose today, the day of the first anniversary. The next FOTD will be posted in the near future. Until then, take care, and rest easy. Big Brother is on watch. Jim Muth jimmuth@earthlink.net START PARAMETER FILE======================================= AnUnexpectedAnswer { ; time=0:01:00.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.758504139876508/+0.00115251247691806\ /9.417661e+012/1/144/0 params=3/25/0/0 float=y maxiter=360 inside=0 logmap=104 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000B00D00F00H00K00N00Q00T01W02Z03a04c35e66g\ 87iB8jD7lG6mI6nL5pO4qQ3rT2tV1uYAv_KqeUmkcimmerzivz\ mzvmzrmzmrzhwzcwmZwcVOUTMKRKAOM0MK0KK0NNHPUIRWJUYJ\ W_KYaL`dMbgNdjNgmUirZkvcnzhzzjzzpzzzfmZziaWgdRffLe\ iGdlAcn5bK_`KY_KWZKVXKTWKSVKQTKOAKNAKLAKKAKIAKHAQG\ AOGPMFQKFQIFRGEREESCDSADT8DT6CU4CU3CU3BT3AT28aVP`X\ ObZMc_Ld`KeaJfbIgdHheGifFkgDlhCmjBnkAol9pm8qn7ro6o\ lBmiGjfKhcPz`TzYYzVazSfzPjzMozKszQlzVez_ZleSqjLvoE\ qnCmmBimAdl9`k8mk7mj6mi5mi4mh3mh2mfEmdPzc_zcjzcuzo\ pzloziozfnzcnzcmzcmzclzclzckzckzcjzcjzcjzcdzc_zcVz\ cQzcLzrGrxBswDsvFsuHstJssLsrNsqPspRsmTsmVsmXsmZsm`\ smbszcozblzahzaez`bz_Zz_WzZSzZPzYMzXIzXFzWCzWFzXIz\ YKzYNzZQzZSz_Vz_Yz`_z`fzbmzdtzfzzgwzfuzfszeqzeozem\ zdkzdizdgzcezcczcazb_zbYzb_zdazfczhezigzkhzmjzolzp\ nzrpztrzvszwozpkzipzmuzqzztfzbNzL3z34z85zD6zI7zN8z\ S9zXAzaBzfCzkCzoDzmEzlFzj } 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=========================================