FOTD -- February 18, 2010 (No Rating) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: As the FOTD nears its 13th anniversary, the fractals are showing no signs of running out. Actually, when I posted the first FOTD image, I expected to continue posting fractals for a week or two. I guess I under-estimated my interest in fractals. Today's image shows a grossly bloated part of East Valley of the large minibrot on the main stem of the Z^2.000001+C Mandeloid. The valley has broadened into a wedge, the bloated edge of which is visible in the interior of the outer near-Julia set. Some fractalists may wonder if I have discovered a way to get more magnification out of the standard math routine. Don't get your hopes up. These magnified images do little more than shift the decimal point and lose resolution at a much lesser magnitude. There is little or no art in the image, so I gave it no rating. Actually, I am currently more interested in finding unusual math- ematical fractal things than creating wannabe works of art and saying, 'Look Ma, I'm an artist'. The name "In on Something Big" could refer to the greatly enlarged wedge, only a tiny part of which is visible inside the Julia shape. The calculation time of 5-3/4 minutes is slow enough to make the trip to the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> worth the effort. Cloudy skies interspersed with snow flurries and a temperature of freezing made Wednesday less than ideal here at Fractal Central. The fractal cats must not have liked it any more than the humans. They were quite testy most all day. My day was rather busy but still under control. FL did get a bit annoyed at lunch when I told her I was not the slightest bit disappointed with Super-prez. I expected him to do nothing and he has done nothing. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and if you expect nothing from your frac- tals, you might actually get *something* and be surprised. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= In_on_SomethingBig { ; time=0:05:46.45-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot4 passes=t inside=0 center-mag=0/0/8.8/1/90/0 params=89.99996/0/\ 89.99996/0/-1.74999826/4.55e-006/0/0/2.000001/0 float=y maxiter=4200 outside=tdis periodicity=0 colors=000PbnMbnIcnFdnBen8fn5fnBhmGjlLklQmkVnk_pjd\ riisinuhsvhtwdtwauwYuwVuwSvwOvwLwwHwwEwwBxvDxuExtG\ xsHysJyrKyqLypNyoOzoQznRzmTzlUzlVwiTufSsdRqaQo_PlX\ OjVNhSMfQLdNKeKLbLJ`LHZMGXMEVMCTNBRN9G83PN8Vb9XaCZ\ `E`_Gb_IcZLeYNgYPiXRjWUlWWnVYpU_qUas_etdhQXYuikrgh\ offlecjcagbZdaXb_U_ZSXYPVWNSVKPUINSFKRDHQAFP8HRCJT\ FLVINXLPZPQ`SSbVUdYWfaYhd_jg`ljdh`heSlaIpZ9m_Cj`Fg\ aIdbLacOZcRWdUTeXQf_NgbKjjLgeMd`NaWOZSPWNQTIQRENXI\ LbLJhOHnRMjSQfSUbTY_TaWUeSUiOVmLVqHWuDWz7VyAWxDWwF\ XwIXvLYuNYuQYtTZsVZrY_r`_qb`pe`leWpg`tiexkjxjixihx\ hgxgfxfexedxecxdbxcaxb`xa_x`ZzcWx`YvYZtV`rTapQcnNd\ lKfnKjjIggHedGbaE`ZDYjLZWCWrE`H4UI6TJ8TJATKCSKESLG\ SLIRMJRMLRNNQNPQORQOTPPVPQUMPWPPYSO_VOaYNc_NebMgeM\ ihMkjQehU_fYUd`PbZReXSgWUiUVkSWmRYoPZqO_sSTmWNgZHa\ bBWd4Pe5Re5Se5Te5Ve5We5Xf5Zf5_f5`f5bf5cf5df5edAabE\ Z`JWZNTYSQWWNU`KSdHQiEPmB } frm:SliceJulibrot4 {; draws most slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=z^(p5)+c |z|<=9 } END PARAMETER FILE=========================================