FOTD -- February 05, 2010 (Rating No) Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Another very busy day kept the fractal exploration time to a minimum. But I still managed to find something in a very unusual parent, which is quite sensitive to changes in the escape radius. The name came about when the dark worm-like shapes surrounding the central minibrot reminded me of creatures called 'curl-ups' that exist only in the etchings of Escher, the mathematical artist. Unfortunately, too much math and too little art prevented me from giving the image a rating, and the rather slow calculation time of just under 8 minutes helped not a bit. The best way to view the scene for all it is worth is to see in already calculated on the FOTD web site at: <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html> Thursday turned quite pleasant here at Fractal Central, with total sunshine and a temperature of 39F +4C. The fractal cats enjoyed both the sun and an extra treat of tuna. As stated above, my day was very busy. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and why do we ignore the conscious observer in the much-sought-after theory of (almost) everything, which, even if it *is* found, will actually explain nothing? Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Curling_Curl-Ups { ; time=0:07:48.26-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinalDivideBrot function=recip float=y center-mag=+0.6360435800559266/+0.2236352912122147\ /6.218612e+010/1/-159/0 params=-1/3/-12/0 inside=0 maxiter=10000 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=000BQcFIUGFOHCIDA8I9DM9HR9LV8P_8TjIIfDQb5Vc\ 8XdBYeD_fG`gJbhLciOeiNejQfkTflWflZgmagndglrdmlfngg\ nbhoYimWloTjpQhqOfrLdsIbtG`uDZz0dvBYrMRehlyVNoWKeX\ HWYE7b2NYBaUKwMWsOUpQSmRQIWUKYSM_QOaOPcNFZL6VJ8RHA\ OFCKDEHBGD9IA7J75IC9HGDGLHGPLFUPEYTEaWK_`PZeUXi_Wn\ dUsRhh``pnSziTweTu`UrpOuXUpEjiDfjDcjD_kDXkDTlDQlDM\ mts5Z`S89zDJmISaM`QRiEVr22Ro6QhAPbEOW36T8CSDHRINQN\ SQSXPXbOagNUhKZjLbkMflNjmOnoPrpQvqR5jqPmhgp_zrSlWS\ LoI_4TZASZFSYKRYPRXUQXZQaocZiXXcQUYJkN5BOQSSCVQEYO\ G`MIcKKfIMw3SpAQiGObMNWSLB`5PYKbVZyNttQppSllVhhXdc\ Z`_aXWcTE`ZLcUSePZhKejFum6llBdkFWjJOiNFhR9yO8sR8mT\ 7gV7aX6WZ6Q`5Kbs0wb5pMAj5Fd4Eg4Ei3Ek3Em3Do2Dq2Ds2D\ uBCnJCgRB`ZBU_FW`IYaL_bOacRcdUekXieXg`XeWXcRXbMX`H\ XZ3VZ8WYCXYGYYKZYO_YS`YWaYRdcWb`_aYc`Wg_TkZQoYOsXL\ 5MEXRHwWJvSIvPHvMGuIFuFEuCDxABu9Dr9Eo8Gm8Hj7Jg7Kd6\ Mf3Lb6NZ8OVAPRCRNESJGT7Ym } 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=========================================