[Fractint] FOTD 01-07-04 (Pi in Sight [7])

1 Jul 2004

      FOTD -- July 01, 2004 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

In today's short discussion I will not wax philosophical, nor 
will I wax political.  I will wax fractal.  After all, we're 
here because we enjoy fractals, and not to give our opinions of 
world events.

Today's quickie shows a midget that is located on a surprisingly 
long and straight filament extending from the main body of the 
Z^1.314159...+C Mandeloid when this fractal is calculated 62 
levels up the logarithmic spiral.

I rated the image at a 7, mostly because of the striking colors, 
which I found almost totally by chance.  I named the image 
"Pi in Sight".  A closer examination of the exponent of Z will 
reveal the reason for the name.

The parent fractal appears to hold several other interesting 
areas.  If I find the time, I will do further investigating and 
present anything of interest I might find as a future FOTD.

When the render time of 23 minutes is factored into the rating 
system, the overall value equals a 31.  That value can be made 
higher by downloading the completed image from:

       <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

Another in an unending string of near perfect 84F 29C days gave 
the fractal cats little to complain about on Wednesday.  I could 
complain a bit about the work that is yet to be done -- but I 
won't.  Hopefully, what I will do is return in 24 hours or so 
with the next FOTD.  Until then, take care, and are fractals 
necessary for life?

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
jimmuth@aol.com

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frm:MandelbrotBC2   { ; by several Fractint users
  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*floor(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

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