FOTD -- May 14, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: In today's image we return briefly, or perhaps not so briefly, to the FinDivBrot-2 formula and the strange things that happen in the vicinity of the East Valley of large minibrots on the X-axes of parent fractals, which on the surface are everyday Mandelbrot sets. The exponent in today's image is 1.05, while the added constant is 2,000,000. These parameters resulted in an image that is far more broken up than previous images. The discontinuities might be due to the unusually small value of the exponent, or maybe I simply missed such scenes in earlier images. Whatever the reason for the break-up, the feature that caught my attention in today's image is the main stem of the minibrot on the left. The stem has become detached from its minibrot and sits alone and forlorn some distance to the left of where it should be. This curious discrepancy led to the name "Where is the Stem?". The rating of a 7 is a come-down from recent images, but still quite good enough to achieve FOTD standards. The calculation time of 2-5/6 minutes may be ignored by surfing to the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> and viewing the finished image there in leisurely comfort. A mixture of sun and clouds made Thursday interesting here at Fractal Central, but the temperature of 66F 19C fell a bit short of mid-May expectations. The fractal cat duo couldn't have cared less about the weather. They were too busy getting into trouble on the maze of bookshelves in the hallway, squeezing behind the books and spilling books all over the floor. My day was near average. Unless something goes wrong, tomorrow will be the same. FL kept busy working on some kind of word- search puzzles, which I think someone has agreed to publish in one of those puzzle booklets that are found by every check-out. The next FOTD will be posted in about 24 hours. Until then, take care, and be alert for metaphysical reality. It's not an oxymoron. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Where_is_the_Stem? { ; time=0:02:50.82-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.749586853573996/+0.0000001972431811/\ 5.168354e+012/1/-155/0 params=1.05/-2000000/0/0 float=y maxiter=2400 inside=0 logmap=339 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000lnnkmmjllikkhjjgiifhheggdffceebddacc`bb_\ aaZ``Y_`XZ_WYZVXYUWYSVXRUWQTVPTUOSTNRSMQRLPQKOPINO\ HMNGLMFKLEJKDJJCIIBHHAGH8FG7EF6DE5CD4BC3AB29A19908\ 8077066055044033022011000000000000000000000000000E\ 9HG8MIBJKEFMHCOK9QN8SQ8VT7YW7`Z7ca7fd7hg7jjClmGnqL\ prPrsTtqPvmLxiIzbEwXByR7zM4vK6rI8mGAhECcCEZAGX8IU7\ KR8GO8CK980940RRI_WMb`QddTfhXil_kpcmtfoxahfXbQ1kcN\ pVLD_QE`UF`YGaaHaeIaiJbmKbqLbjHacE`XA_Q7ZJ4ZI7SH9M\ GBFFD9GHAGLBHOCHSDIWEIZFN`JSbMXcQaeTfgXkh_pjctkfqd\ eoYelRejKdgDde6dc0de1cf2bh3bi4ak5`l6`n7_o7_j9ZeBZa\ CYXEYTFXOHXKIXLNWLzzLzzMvzMrzMmmLhcJcQIZOGUMFSKDPI\ CNGAKE9HC7EA6B848635U12ZLDhKCuJCzJKzIPzHVzUWzURzUW\ zFdzKezPezUezZezcfzhfzmfzrfzvtxzfmzcczcUzcdzcozZiz\ cczhazm`zr_zvZzzYzzXzzVzzUzzTzzSzzRzzQzzZzzPzzFzzG\ zzGzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz\ zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz } 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=========================================