Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Things were very hectic here at FC again on Thursday.  (And I thought we were in a recession.)  But at least FL is on the mend, and will likely be back in action by Friday, which will relieve the pressure on me and allow more time for a proper fractal search.  But most likely, we will remain in the M-set.

Today's image is another very deep scene at the end of the negative X-axis of the Mandelbrot set.  But today, the image has a difference.  The bailout radius of the M-set has been set to 3, which causes the X-axis to be cut off at a point around sqrt(3).  The tiny minibrot at the center of the image is located very near the end of this shortened main spike.

The basic equal-iteration rendering of the scene was very dull, so I livened things up by rendering the scene with the outside set to 'fmod'.  The result earns a rating of an honest 7.

The name "FMOD on the X-axis" simply tells it like it is.

Though the magnitude of the image is well within the range of arbitrary precision math, the actual magnitude of around 10^21 is much less than the magnitude of the images of the past few days, cutting the calculation time to a much more reasonable 9-1/4 minutes.

But a calculation time of over 9 minutes is still a lot of time to devote to an FOTD image.  The remedy is to surf down to the active FOTD web site at:

http://www.emarketingiseasy.com/TESTS/FOTD/jim_muths_fotd.html

where the finished image is or soon will be posted.

The original FOTD site may be accessed at:

http://www.Nahee.com/FOTD/

A mix of clouds and sun, occasional flurries of snow, and a temperature just around freezing made Thursday a typical midwinter day here at Fractal Central.  Two inches of fresh snow piled up overnight Wednesday, but on top of the foot (30cm) or so of old snow, made little difference.

The fractal cat duo tried their window shelf, but soon decided the sun was too irregular, and took to the shelf over the heat.  With FL feeling better but still out of action, my day was another hectic one, doing double duty.  Luckily, the Mandelbrot set once again came to the fractal rescue with a quick image.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Most likely it will be another scene in the infinitely complex and extremely fast Mandelbrot set.  Until then, take care, and what is wrong with the current world?  (Maybe it's that I'm nearing codgerhood.)

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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