FOTD -- April 20, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is named "Eight Times Around" I gave it this name because the elements surrounding the central minibrot are indeed arranged in the expected grouping of multiples of 2, which after all is not so surprising. I rated the image at a 7, which is somewhat above average, though not exceptionally so. The parent fractal can be described as vaguely resembling a classic Mandelbrot set, even though it has no East Valley and no negative spike. It does have lots of chaos on its eastern side however, and today's image is located in this chaos. The image is notable for the chaos in the background. Actually however, this chaos is not total. When it is enlarged, some degree of order does appear in certain places. The calculation time of 1-1/2 minutes is appropriately brief. Equally brief is the trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> where the completed image is or soon will be posted. Except for a slight chill in the air, Monday was a near perfect day here at Fractal Central. The Kodachrome blue of the sky was emphasized by a scattering of puffy white decorator clouds of the cumulus variety, while the temperature hovered around 64F 18C and the fractal cats sat on their shelf, wishing they could go out. My day, as well as FL's day was slightly slow, though still busy enough to keep boredom at bay. And at lunch, I wisely avoided getting drawn into another philosophical discussion about a ques- tion that cannot possibly be answered. The next FOTD will be posted in a brief 24 hours. Until then, take care, and what kind of good luck has fate sent your way today? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Eight_Times_Around { ; time=0:01:29.80-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.8072128463303313/+0.0009535175175191\ /1.919037e+008/1/-69/0 params=1.2/1.1/100/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=82 periodicity=6 colors=000GAcB8g7AjBJlEPnIXpLfrOptazz_uzYnzWhtUboS\ YjQTeOP`MNYKNWKLUKJSKHQKFOKDMKDKKDKFDKJDKNDKRDKVDK\ ZDKbDLfDHjDEzzzzzBzwAzp9zfEzXJvTOuOStNStNStMSsMSsL\ SsLSsLSoKTkKUgJVcJW_IXWIYSHZPH_MZjP`gRbdTcbWe_YfY_\ zVazTYhPVzLSfIPeEMzAJc7Gb3Dz0IY7NpDSQzXMzaIzfEzjBz\ aJzUQzMXzEczDWzCPzBIzBBzBCzBCzBDzBDzBDzRWzU_zXbzZf\ zaizdmzfpzitzkwzlszmoznkzogzsJzpczq_zhQzjRzkSzlTzm\ UzoVzpWzqXzrOzrRzrTzrVzCyzJtzPpzVlz`hzfdzl`zgnzjiz\ mezp`zpYzqXzqXzqXzrXzrXzrXzNMzSOzXQz`RzeTziUznWzmP\ znRzoTzpUzqWzBCzIFzOIzULz`OzfRzlUz_SzfUzlWzalzdizg\ fzjdzmazpZzj5zmFzpOzfFzhIziKzkMzlOznRzoTzqVzDDzOIz\ YNzhSzHzzJGzPJzVMz`PzfSzlVzoTzDUzRVzdWzgczibzjazl`\ zm_znZzpYzqXzLIzXNzgSzIGzQKzXNzdRzkUz2lzegzjczn_zA\ EzGHzMJzRMzXOzbQzgTzmVzkCzmIzoNzqSz4xzFrzPlzZgzhaz\ M8zXHzgPzR5z`FziOzbRzeSzgTziUzlVznWzpXzTZz_YzeYzlX\ zBAzXMzzEzvOz07zJGzPDzKBz } frm:FinalDivideBrot { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1)+0.00000000000000000001: z=(-b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))-c |z| < esc } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================