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I recall the parallel resistance formula from my 4th grade advanced electronics class; something like if you have a number of resistors in parallel the total resistance is less than the least, like taking the inverse of all the inverses:
Rt = 1 / (1/R1 + 1/R2 ...... + 1/Rx)
or something like that.
But what does it have to do with the fractal formula? I don't see it, except the last line has a similar format.
Anyway, cool image. And if you zoom back a little you see the parent fractal - one of the freakyest Mandelbrot monsters I have ever seen!
I will see if I can do a zoom animation of this. Gold is so like, way cool!
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