Another day, another minibrot. Minibrots according to my thesaurus are not merely commonplace they are ubiquitous. Ubiquitous I tell you ubiquitous. For instant verification of this statement go to http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com. fract405.gif { ; a minibrot ; blank ; calctime 0:10:25.00 ; created Sep 06, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 9 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=_n.frm formulaname=Nova5M center-mag=-1.05787234042553200/+0.53964941569282050/266.6667 params=0/0/1e-006/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=0 proximity=2 outside=fmod periodicity=0 colors=00100100100100100100100200200200200200200300300300300300300400400\ 400400400400500500500500500500600600600600600600700700700700700700800800\ 800800800800900900900900900900A00A00A00A00A00A00B00B00B00B00B00B00C00C00\ C00C00C00C00D00E00F00G00I00J00K00L00M00N00P00Q00R00S00T00U00W00X00Y00Z00\ _00a00b00c00d00e00f00h00i00j00k00l00m00o00p00q00r00s00t00v00w00x00z01z02\ z03z04z06z07z08z09z0Az0Bz0Dz0Ez0Fz0Gz0Hz0Iz0Jz0Lz0Mz0Nz0Oz0Pz0Qz0Sz0Tz0U\ z0Vz1Wz1Xz1Xz1Yz1Zz1_z1_z1`z1az1bz1bz1cz1dz1ez1ez1fz1gz1hz1hz1iz1jz1kz1k\ z1lz1mz1nz1nz1oz1pz1qz1qz1rz1sz1tz1tz1uz1vz1wz1wz1xz1yz0zz3zz7zzBzzEzzIz\ zMzzPzzTzzXzz_zzczzgzzjzznzzrzzvzzszzozzkzzhzzdzz`zzYzzUzzQzzNzzJzzFzzCz\ z8zz4zz0zz0zz0yz0yz0xz0xz0wz0wz0vz0vz0uz0uz0tz0tz0sz0sz0rz0rz0qz0qz0pz0p\ z0oz0oz0nz0nz0mz0mz0lz0lz0kz0kz0jz0jz0iz0iz0hz0hz0gz0fz } frm:Nova5M {; Mandelbrot-like set for Nova5. ; P2 is an inverse bailout, ; set this to a small nonzero value and use ; floating point. E.g. 0.0000001. ; The Nova Formulae, discovered by PGD. ; Freely distributable but may not be sold. ; Novena has two mandelbrot sets that are ; slightly different.} z=1 c=pixel: z2=z*z z4=z2*z2 z5=z4*z func=z5-1 der=5*z4 oz=z z=z-(func/der)+c |oz-z|>p2 ;SOURCE: nova.frm } Roger Alexander