FOTD -- October 11, 2009 (Rating 7.5) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is a view of the large minibrot at -1.75 on the negative spike of the Mandelbrot set. Yes, I realize it has nothing at all about it that would suggest it is a minibrot in the M-set, but this image is not sliced in the Mandelbrot direction. It is sliced in what I call the Elliptic direction, which is the orientation determined by the real(c) and imag(z) axes of the 4-dimensional Julibrot. Today's image is actually a reworking and re-coloring of a similar image that appeared several years ago. The original image is very similar. Anyone who cares to go searching for it will have a lot of fun before stumbling upon it. The name "Near Point Zero" refers to the imag(c) value of 0.0001, which is the tiny departure from zero necessary to produce the image. The rating of 7.5 includes 1/2 point for the coloring effort, even though a good part of the coloring is carried over from the original image, which was posted several ears ago. The calculation time is a fireball 10 seconds, almost as fast as the speed of light. If it had been a little faster, it would have exceeded the speed of light and finished 10 seconds before it was started. All such troublesome paradoxes may be forgotten however by viewing the finished image on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Heavy clouds continued here at Fractal Central on Saturday, but the overnight rain ended before daybreak. This was not good news however, for the rain was replaced by a blustery northwest wind, which with a temperature of 61F 16C, dampened the fractal cats' enthusiasm. Once again, their complaints were silenced by a generous second serving of chunk-light tuna in water. With all the cat activity, the rest of the day was thankfully uneventful. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if it makes you feel good, believe it; otherwise don't believe it. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Near_Point_Zero { ; time=0:00:10.07-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=multirot-XY-ZW-new function=ident/flip passes=1 center-mag=-1.76526/0/15.9369/0.2252/-90/0 params=90/0/2/0/0/0/0/0.0001 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=0 logmap=18 periodicity=10 colors=0000DP7LV5Qe8RfASfCTfEUfGUfIVfLWfNXfPYgRYgT\ ZgV_gY`m_bradvcgzejzgmzjozloznpzpqzrrztszvtzwuzxvz\ ywzzxzzyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzgzzgzzgzzfzzfzzfzzfzzezzezzezzezzdWt\ dYud`udbvddvectfcsgcrgcqhcoicnicmjclkcjkcilchmcgnc\ encdoccpbbpbaqb_rbZrbYsbXtbVubUubTvbSwbQwbPxbOybNy\ bMwcNvdOtdPseQrfRpfSogTngUlhVkiWjiXhjYgjZfk_dl`cla\ bmb`mc_ndZoeXofWpgVphWqeWqbXr`XrYXsWYsTYtRYtOZuLZu\ J_vG_vE_wB`w9`x6`x4ay5by5by6cy6dy7dy7ey8ey8fy8gy9g\ y9hyAhyAiyBjyBjyCkyCkyClyDmyDmyEnzEnzFozFpzGpzGqzG\ qzHrzHszIszItzJtzJuzKvzKvzKwzLwzLxzMyzMyzNzzNzzNhz\ YRzhAzs9zq9zp8zo8zn7zm7zl7zj6zi6zh5zg5zf5ze8zbAz`C\ zZFzXHzVJzTMzQOzOQzMTzKVzIXzGYzKZzO_zS`zVazZazbbzf\ czidzmezqfzuqzEkzDdzCZzCYzEYzGYzHYzJYzKYzMYzNYzPYz\ QYzSYzTYzVYzWSzPNzJIzDDz7 } frm:multirot-XY-ZW-new {; draws 6 planes and rotations ;when fn1-2=i,f, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=O, 90,0=E, 90,90=J ;when fn1-2=f,i, then p1 0,0=M, 0,90=R, 90,0=P, 90,90=J a=real(p1)*.01745329251994, b=imag(p1)*.01745329251994, z=sin(b)*fn1(real(pixel))+sin(a)*fn2(imag(pixel))+p3, c=cos(b)*real(pixel)+cos(a)*flip(imag(pixel))+p4: z=z^(p2)+c, |z| <= 36 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================