FOTD -- April 03, 2010 (Rating 7) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image takes us to the minus Zexpe fractal. This is not the (+Z)^(-e)+C fractal, but the (-Z)^(+e)+C fractal. The minus before the iterated Z makes a big difference. The resulting parent fractal is totally changed, since the (-Z)^3+C Mandeloid, which is close to the minus Zexpe fractal, is rotated 90 degrees. Today's image lies in one of the two East Valleys of the parent, rather deep in a star that terminates the filament of one of the 1.5-elephant radicals. I rated the image at a 7 because that's what I think it is worth. The name "Zexpe From Behind" indicates that we are approaching iterated Z from the opposite direction. The calculation time of 12-3/4 minutes is admittedly slow, so why not listen to a song or two while the computer does all the calculating work. For instant gratification, the finished image is available on the FOTD web site at: <http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/> The weather here at Fractal Central on Friday was superb, with cloudless skies, a temperature of 81F 27C, intelligent conversa- tion and contented cats. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and neither a believer nor a disbeliever be. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Zexpe_From_Behind { ; time=0:12:45.28-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot5 passes=1 logmap=1752 center-mag=+0.09128980939558221/+0.355637462249730\ 6/4.365632e+010/1/-25/0 params=0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/\ 2.71828182845905/0 float=y maxiter=8000 inside=0 colors=000JKHMLCONDQPESRFUTGWVHYXI_ZJa`KcbLedMgfNi\ hOkjPmlQnnRahhQczOdxMdvKdtIdrHdpFdnDelBejAeh8ef6ed\ 4eb1cj3e`5gS7iJ7l69kABjDCiGEhJGgMHfPJeSLdVMcYOb`Qa\ cT_eR`fQagPbgNchMchLdiJejIfjHgkHglGgkF``FURENGEG6G\ I8HJAIKCKMELNFMOHOQJPRLQSMSUOTVQUWSWVRVXTUYUT_VT`W\ SbXRcYQeZPg`Qf_ReZRdYScXSbWTaVU`UU_TVZSVYRWXQWWQWW\ QYVO_VN`VMbVLdVKeVIgVHhVGjVFlVEmVCoVBqVArV9tV8uV7p\ YEl_LgbScdZ_feVilRksNmyPhuRdqS`mUXiVTeXPaZLY_NUaPQ\ bRMcTI`VEYXHVZKS`9PcMMcZMakMblMcmOcqPdnPekQfhQgeRh\ bRi_SjXSjUUkRZlOcmLhnImoFrpCvpAzqDzqGvqIrqLmqOhqQc\ qTZoWUmYPl`KkcFjeBihAhj9gl9fm8eo8dp7cr7as6_u6Yv4Ww\ 6UwESnLQfSOZZMRZEHcJJeMKiPMjSNlWOnZQpaRqdSreQqdRqd\ SqcTpcUzBCzQFzXFfBEVCDJDCcDcczfcsjclmceqcZt`cpZhmW\ ljUqgSudLviFvn9vs3vw3sl3qb3oScmImnHzoGzpGzqFzrEzsE\ ztGzuHzvJzwKzxLzyNzzOzzPzz3mzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmz\ zmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzz } frm:SliceJulibrot5 {; draws all 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=========================================